CVE-2013-6272 describes a critical access restriction bypass vulnerability within the NotificationBroadcastReceiver class of the com.android.phone process in Google Android versions 4.1.1 through 4.4.2. This flaw allows a crafted application to bypass security controls, enabling unauthorized phone calls to arbitrary numbers, the sending of MMI or USSD codes, or the termination of ongoing calls. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges required (PR:N), leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1.1, <= 4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.