Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2025 · Assigned by CERT-PL
CVE-2024-13916Exposure of Applications' Encryption PINs in Kruger&Matz AppLock
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in com.pri.applock from Kruger&Matz. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An application "com.pri.applock", which is pre-loaded on Kruger&Matz smartphones, allows a user to encrypt any application using user-provided PIN code or by using biometric data. Exposed ”com.android.providers.settings.fingerprint.PriFpShareProvider“ content provider's public method query() allows any other malicious application, without any granted Android system permissions, to exfiltrate the PIN code. Only version (version name: 13, version code: 33) was tested and confirmed to have this vulnerability. Application update was released in April 2025.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kruger&Matz | com.pri.applock | 13 |
Weakness: CWE-926 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2024-13915 third-party-advisory