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Missing Authorization

CVE-2019-20609

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software. Attackers can use Smartwatch to view Secure Folder notification content. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-13899 (April 2019).

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published