CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-4438

Improper Export of Android Application Components

Published: Apr 07, 2024 | Modified: May 17, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The manipulation leads to improper export of android application components. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 1.1.5 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 5423dcb0cd3e4d573b5520a71fa08aa279e4c3c7. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259508.

Weakness

The Android application exports a component for use by other applications, but does not properly restrict which applications can launch the component or access the data it contains.

Extended Description

The attacks and consequences of improperly exporting a component may depend on the exported component:

Potential Mitigations

References