CVE-2025-9673 (GCVE-0-2025-9673)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-29 20:02
Modified
2025-08-29 20:18
Severity ?
1.9 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-926 - Improper Export of Android Application Components
Summary
A vulnerability was detected in Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App up to 2.17.4 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component com.kakao.i.connect. The manipulation results in improper export of android application components. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/KMov-g/androidapps/blob/main/com.kakao.i.connect.md
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/KMov-g/androidapps/blob/main/com.kakao.i.connect.md#steps-to-reproduce
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321883
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.321883
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.637925
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App Version: 2.17.0
Version: 2.17.1
Version: 2.17.2
Version: 2.17.3
Version: 2.17.4
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