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CVE-2023-42468

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The com.cutestudio.colordialer application through 2.1.8-2 for Android allows a remote attacker to initiate phone calls without user consent, because of improper export of the com.cutestudio.dialer.activities.DialerActivity component. A third-party application (without any permissions) can craft an intent targeting com.cutestudio.dialer.activities.DialerActivity via the android.intent.action.CALL action in conjunction with a tel: URI, thereby placing a phone call.

Affected products

• Azmobileapps Color Phone: through 2.1.8-2

References

• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/CWE-284.md
• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/dial.gif
• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/dialerPOC.apk
• https://github.com/actuator/cve/blob/main/CVE-2023-42468
• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/CWE-284.md
• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/dial.gif
• https://github.com/actuator/com.cutestudio.colordialer/blob/main/dialerPOC.apk
• https://github.com/actuator/cve/blob/main/CVE-2023-42468

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