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MEDIUM 6.4

CVE-2018-15542

An issue was discovered in the org.telegram.messenger application 4.8.11 for Android. The Passcode feature allows authentication bypass via runtime manipulation that forces a certain method's return value to true. In other words, an attacker could authenticate with an arbitrary passcode. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not an attack of interest within the context of their threat model, which excludes Android devices on which rooting has occurred

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected tracked apps

Vulnerable CPE configurations

Vendor Product Platform Versions CPE 2.3 URI
telegram telegram Android cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram:4.8.11:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
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