CVE-2021-33699
Task Hijacking is a vulnerability that affects the applications running on Android devices due to a misconfiguration in their AndroidManifest.xml with their...
- Published
- Aug 10, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- sap
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 67.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Task Hijacking is a vulnerability that affects the applications running on Android devices due to a misconfiguration in their AndroidManifest.xml with their Task Control features. This allows an unauthorized attacker or malware to takeover legitimate apps and to steal user's sensitive information.
Sources
1Android Task Hijacking (CVE-2021-33699) exploit practice app with attacker and victim components for hands-on mobile security training.
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