CVE-2017-9821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application 1.3 for Android relies on three hardcoded strings (AK-NPCIMB, IM-NPCIBM, and VK-NPCIBM) for SMS validation, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass authentication.

Published: 2018-08-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:npci:bharat_interface_for_money_\(bhim\):1.3:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18736	The National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application 1.3 for Android relies on three hardcoded strings (AK-NPCIMB, IM-NPCIBM, and VK-NPCIBM) for SMS validation, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00547.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148923
https://github.com/magicj3lly/appexploits/blob/master/BHIM-App-PreliminaryReport.pdf

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Npci Bharat Interface For Money \(bhim\)

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-24T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:18:01.914Z

Reserved: 2017-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9821

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-24T21:29:00.560

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:36:55.827

Link: CVE-2017-9821

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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