PT-2018-8540 · National Payments Corporation Of India · Bhim

Published 2018-08-24 · Updated 2018-11-01 · CVE-2017-9821

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application version 1.3

Description The issue concerns the National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application, which relies on three hardcoded strings (AK-NPCIMB, IM-NPCIBM, and VK-NPCIBM) for SMS validation. This makes it easier for attackers to bypass authentication.

Recommendations For National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application version 1.3, consider restricting the use of hardcoded strings for SMS validation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the hardcoded strings AK-NPCIMB, IM-NPCIBM, and VK-NPCIBM for authentication purposes.

Exploit

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9821

Affected Products

Bhim

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/magicj3lly/appexploits/blob/master/BHIM-App-PreliminaryReport.pdf · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9821 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148923 · Note