CVE-2017-9820 describes a critical vulnerability in the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) BHIM application version 1.3 for Android. The application's custom keypad, intended for secure input, inadvertently exposes input elements to the Accessibility service, allowing attackers to bypass authentication. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:npci:bharat_interface_for_money_\(bhim\):1.3:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.