CVE-2017-9821 describes a critical vulnerability in the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) BHIM application version 1.3 for Android. The application uses hardcoded strings for SMS validation, allowing attackers to bypass authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on 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.