Showing posts with label CVE-2015-3839 Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CVE-2015-3839 Android. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

TrendLabs. Two New Android Bugs Mess up Messaging; May Lead to Multiple Send Charges

TL;DR
  • CVE-2015-3839 - SMS causing crash
  • CVE-2015-3840 - Tamper with sent/received statuses of SMS and MMS - > multiple charges $$
  • Unlike Stagefright, that attacks mediaserver, attack messaging components.
  • All versions, incl. 5.1.1 Lollipop, affects Vanilla more
  • End users should consider using alternate messaging apps while patches are underway
  • Detecting CVE-2015-3839 as AndroidOS_MsgDoS.A 
  • Detecting CVE-2015-3840 as AndroidOS_MsgCrack.A.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/two-new-android-bugs-mess-up-messaging-may-lead-to-multiple-send-charges/
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