UI spoofing via undisclosed Messages implementation
Published May 27, 2025 · Updated May 28, 2025
UI spoofing in Messages in Google Chrome on Android before 137.0.7151.55 allows remote attackers to misrepresent critical information. Google has not disclosed which Messages code path mishandles crafted HTML or how the page falsifies trusted interface content. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted HTML page and perform specific UI gestures; the reported impact is UI spoofing only.
Summary
What happened
UI spoofing in Messages in Google Chrome on Android before 137.0.7151.55 allows remote attackers to misrepresent critical information. Google has not disclosed which Messages code path mishandles crafted HTML or how the page falsifies trusted interface content. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted HTML page and perform specific UI gestures; the reported impact is UI spoofing only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5066
- Published
- May 27, 2025
- Updated
- May 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-451, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=137.0.7151.55 <137.0.7151.55
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