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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-15661

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Ola Money (aka com.olacabs.olamoney) application 1.9.0 for Android. If an attacker controls an application with accessibility permissions and the ability to read SMS messages, then the Forgot Password screen can be used to bypass authentication. NOTE: the vendor does not agree that this is a security issue requiring a fix

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published