Vulnerability · Published Aug 29, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-9673Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App com.kakao.i.connect AndroidManifest.xml improper export of android application components

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App from Kakao. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was detected in Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App up to 2.17.4 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component com.kakao.i.connect. The manipulation results in improper export of android application components. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kakao	헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App	2.17.02.17.12.17.22.17.32.17.4

Weakness: CWE-926 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-321883 | Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App com.kakao.i.connect AndroidManifest.xml improper export of android application components vdb-entry
VDB-321883 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #637925 | Kakao Corp. Hey Kakao(com.kakao.i.connect) 2.17.4 Task Hijacking third-party-advisory
https://github.com/KMov-g/androidapps/blob/main/com.kakao.i.connect.md related
https://github.com/KMov-g/androidapps/blob/main/com.kakao.i.connect.md#steps-to-reproduce exploit