CVE-2014-8610

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SEND_SMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for old messages, via a crafted application that broadcasts an intent with the com.android.mms.transaction.MESSAGE_SENT action, aka Bug 17671795.

Affected products

Android: through 4.4.4; 1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+38)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129282/Android-SMS-Resend.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/8
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/85
http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=164
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Mms/+/008d6202fca4002a7dfe333f22377faa73585c67
https://github.com/joswr1ght/drozer-modules/blob/master/whfs/smsdraftsend.py
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129282/Android-SMS-Resend.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/8
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/85
http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=164
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Mms/+/008d6202fca4002a7dfe333f22377faa73585c67
https://github.com/joswr1ght/drozer-modules/blob/master/whfs/smsdraftsend.py

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