CVE-2015-3858

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The checkDestination function in internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M relies on an obsolete permission name for an authorization check, which allows attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement for SMS short-code messaging via a crafted application, aka internal bug 22314646.

Affected products

Android: through 5.1

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/df31d37d285dde9911b699837c351aed2320b586
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/df31d37d285dde9911b699837c351aed2320b586
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ

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