CWE-925
Improper Verification of Intent by Broadcast Receiver
VariantIncomplete
Description
The Android application uses a Broadcast Receiver that receives an Intent but does not properly verify that the Intent came from an authorized source.
Certain types of Intents, identified by action string, can only be broadcast by the operating system itself, not by third-party applications. However, when an application registers to receive these implicit system intents, it is also registered to receive any explicit intents. While a malicious application cannot send an implicit system intent, it can send an explicit intent to the target application, which may assume that any received intent is a valid implicit system intent and not an explicit intent from another application. This may lead to unintended behavior.
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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-499
CVEs mapped to this weakness (1)
| CVE | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-10576 | Cri | 0.61 | — | 0.00 | Dec 4, 2024 | Infinix devices contain a pre-loaded "com.transsion.agingfunction" application, that exposes an unsecured broadcast receiver. An attacker can communicate with the receiver and force the device to perform a factory reset without any Android system permissions. After multiple attempts to contact the vendor we did not receive any answer. We suppose this issue affects all Infinix Mobile devices. |