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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-21071

High
7.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. Because of an unprotected intent, an attacker can read arbitrary files and emails, and take over an email account. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11633 (May 2018).

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published