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2 vulnerabilities found for WhatsApp cloud service by Meta

CVE-2025-30259 (GCVE-0-2025-30259)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-03-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-20 20:36 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI?
Summary
The WhatsApp cloud service before late 2024 did not block certain crafted PDF content that can defeat a sandbox protection mechanism and consequently allow remote access to messaging applications by third parties, as exploited in the wild in 2024 for installation of Android malware associated with BIGPRETZEL.
CWE
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Meta WhatsApp cloud service Affected: 0 , < late 2024 (custom)
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CVE-2025-30259 (GCVE-0-2025-30259)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-20 20:36 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI?
Summary
The WhatsApp cloud service before late 2024 did not block certain crafted PDF content that can defeat a sandbox protection mechanism and consequently allow remote access to messaging applications by third parties, as exploited in the wild in 2024 for installation of Android malware associated with BIGPRETZEL.
CWE
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Meta WhatsApp cloud service Affected: 0 , < late 2024 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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