CVE-2016-3883 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can spoof premium SMS confirmation dialogs in Android, bypassing user consent for paid messages.

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

What is CVE-2016-3883?

CVE-2016-3883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Sep 2016. 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

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Telephony in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly construct warnings about premium SMS messages, which allows attackers to spoof the premium-payment confirmation dialog via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28557603.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3883?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3883?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3883 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3883 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fq95-5598-6xjc.

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