CVE-2018-3986

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the "Secret Chats" functionality of the Telegram Android messaging application version 4.9.0

Medium · published January 3, 2019

CVSS v3.0
4.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the "Secret Chats" functionality of the Telegram Android messaging application version 4.9.0. The "Secret Chats" functionality allows a user to delete all traces of a chat, either by using a time trigger or by direct request. There is a bug in this functionality that leaves behind photos taken and shared on the secret chats, even after the chats are deleted. These photos will be stored in the device and accessible to all applications installed on the Android device.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00428 · 36.0th percentile
Published
2019-01-03T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JAN 23:00Z
    An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the "Secret Chats" functionality of the Telegram Android messaging application version 4.9.0
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