A vulnerability was found in PhonePe Wallet up to 3.0.6 on Android (Android App Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file com.PhonePe.app. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to impersonate a user and set up their account without their knowledge.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2018. The weakness was shared 09/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-17403 since 09/23/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 124413, 124412 and 124411 are related to this item.

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• Android App Software

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• PhonePe Wallet

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• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6

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