Credential theft via default task affinity
Published Aug 4, 2025 · Updated Aug 4, 2025
Task hijacking in RiderLike Fruit Crush-Brain App 1.0 allows local users to display a phishing activity through a malicious Android app. AndroidManifest.xml leaves taskAffinity at the package-name default, allowing an attacker's singleTask activity with the same affinity to occupy the task root. Exploitation requires a malicious app to be installed and opened before the victim app; the counterfeit activity can capture entered data or induce permission grants.
Summary
What happened
Task hijacking in RiderLike Fruit Crush-Brain App 1.0 allows local users to display a phishing activity through a malicious Android app. AndroidManifest.xml leaves taskAffinity at the package-name default, allowing an attacker's singleTask activity with the same affinity to occupy the task root. Exploitation requires a malicious app to be installed and opened before the victim app; the counterfeit activity can capture entered data or induce permission grants.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-8523
- Published
- Aug 4, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2025
- Vendor
- RiderLike
- Product
- Fruit Crush-Brain App
- Classifications
- CWE-926, T1417.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Fruit Crush task-hijacking proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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