CVE-2015-3833 — 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

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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 Oct 1, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.70%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.70% 0.00699

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00699

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.70% (0.00699)	51.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.70% (0.00699)	48.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00130)	30.02th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00068)	32.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 10, 2024	0.07% (0.00068)	29.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00068)	27.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (3)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24625936/getrunningtasks-doesnt-work-in-android-l
x_refsource_MISC
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/aaa0fee0d7a8da347a0c47cef5249c70efee209e
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24625936/getrunningtasks-doesnt-work-in-android-l		x_refsource_MISC
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/aaa0fee0d7a8da347a0c47cef5249c70efee209e		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Oct 1, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 12, 2015

Link CVE-2015-3833

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3833

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3833