PT-2019-16615

CVE-2019-3566

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Published

2019-05-10

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Updated

2021-09-14

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.9
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WhatsApp for Android versions 2.19.52 through 2.19.103 WhatsApp Business for Android versions 2.19.22 through 2.19.38
Description A bug in the messaging logic of WhatsApp for Android could allow a malicious individual who has taken over a user's account to recover previously sent messages. This would require the malicious individual to have independent knowledge of metadata for previous messages, which are not publicly available.
Recommendations For WhatsApp for Android versions 2.19.52 through 2.19.103, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For WhatsApp Business for Android versions 2.19.22 through 2.19.38, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Related identifiers
CVE-2019-3566
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