CVE-2015-3833 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

A malicious app can bypass restrictions to discover the name of the currently running foreground application on Android devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-3833?

CVE-2015-3833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The getRunningAppProcesses function in services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to bypass intended getRecentTasks restrictions and discover the name of the foreground application via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20034603.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-3833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2fr8-3p25-cmr5.

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