CVE-2015-3878 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass screen-recording warnings and capture sensitive screen snapshots via a crafted app with a long name on Android.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-3878?

CVE-2015-3878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Media Projection in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48T and 6.0 before 2015-10-01 allows attackers to bypass an intended screen-recording warning feature and obtain sensitive screen-snapshot information via a crafted application that references a long application name, aka internal bug 23345192.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3878?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3878?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3878 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-3878 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7cjg-79mf-67hg.

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