CVE-2026-82988: CWE-287 Improper Authentication in Viewsonic vCast
Description
There exists an arbitrary file download in vCast APK delivery mechanism in ViewSonic ViewBoard unknown allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger unprivileged APK installation via serving a malicious APK URL through an unauthenticated download endpoint
Affected software
Viewsonic
vCast
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- certcc
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-31T15:22:24.690Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/234131","vendor":"CERT"}]
Threat ID: 6ac433e22cdf04f6564738db
Added to database: 10/05/2026, 23:33:54 UTC
Last updated: 10/05/2026, 23:33:54 UTC
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