Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 exposes an unprotected component allowing an unprivileged app to send arbitrary SMS texts to arbitrary destinations wi…

published 2019-12-27 6y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4611

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 exposes an unprotected component allowing an unprivileged app to send arbitrary SMS texts to arbitrary destinations without permission.

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

shouji.360.cn /securityReportlist/CVE-2013-4764.html
third-party-advisory
seclists.org /bugtraq/2013/Jul/107
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-4764
NVD CVE-2013-4764

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