CVE-2015-3878 Security feature bypass in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cjg-79mf-67hg.