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CVE-2015-7889

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-275

Description

The SecEmailComposer/EmailComposer application in the Samsung S6 Edge before the October 2015 MR uses weak permissions for the com.samsung.android.email.intent.action.QUICK_REPLY_BACKGROUND service action, which might allow remote attackers with knowledge of the local email address to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that sends a crafted intent.

Affected products

• Android: through 5.1.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134105/Samsung-SecEmailComposer-QUICK_REPLY_BACKGROUND-Permission-Weakness.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77339
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=490&redir=1
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38558/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134105/Samsung-SecEmailComposer-QUICK_REPLY_BACKGROUND-Permission-Weakness.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77339
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=490&redir=1
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38558/

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