Security News > 2020 > December > Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable to High-Severity Flaw

UPDATE. Researchers are warning that several popular Google Play applications - including mobile browser app Edge - have yet to push out an important update addressing a high-severity vulnerability in the Google Play Core Library.

The vulnerability exists in Google Play Core Library, which is utilized by various popular applications like Google Chrome, Facebook and Instagram.

As of September, researchers had found that 13 percent of Google Play applications used the Google Play Core Library - and 8 percent of those apps had a vulnerable version.

These included several popular apps, such as social app Viber, travel app Booking, business app Cisco Teams, navigation apps Yango Pro and Movit, dating apps Grindr, OKCupid and Bumble, mobile browser app Edge and utility apps Xrecorder and PowerDirector.

The malicious app would then exploit one of the applications with a vulnerable version of the Google Play Core Library.

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https://threatpost.com/google-play-apps-remain-vulnerable-to-high-severity-flaw/161785/