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Case File

CVE-2018-17401

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.23% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2018-17401
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.23%
Android

Original Filing — NVD Description

The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by exploiting its Forgot Password feature. NOTE: the vendor says that, to exploit this, the user has to explicitly install a malicious app and provide accessibility permission to the malicious app, that the Android platform provides fair warnings to the users before turning on accessibility for any application, and that it believes it is similar to installing malicious keyboards, or malicious apps taking screenshots