Privilege escalation in Azmobileapps Color Phone

CVE-2023-42468

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42468?
CVE-2023-42468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Azmobileapps Color Phone, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-42468?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-42468 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.