Information disclosure in Google, Google Android

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU34476

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21045

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) and O(8.x) software. There is Clipboard access in the lockscreen state via a copy-and-paste action. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-13381 (December 2018).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Android: 7.0 - 8.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.