{"id":"CVE-2015-3833","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-3833","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:33.578Z","title":"The getRunningAppProcesses function in services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to bypass intended getRecentTasks restrictions and discover the name of the foreground…","description":"The getRunningAppProcesses function in services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to bypass intended getRecentTasks restrictions and discover the name of the foreground application via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20034603.","published":"2015-10-01T00:59:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:26:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00699,"percentile":0.52866,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24625936/getrunningtasks-doesnt-work-in-android-l","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/aaa0fee0d7a8da347a0c47cef5249c70efee209e","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24625936/getrunningtasks-doesnt-work-in-android-l","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/aaa0fee0d7a8da347a0c47cef5249c70efee209e","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3833","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}