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
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-09T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-06-18T19:56:55.097Z

Reserved: 2018-08-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-15542

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-09T17:29:01.427

Modified: 2024-06-18T20:15:11.443


Link: CVE-2018-15542

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