Information disclosure in Google, Google Android

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU34484

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21053

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. There is Clipboard access in the lockscreen state via a physical keyboard. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12684 (October 2018).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Android: 7.0 - 9.0

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?

No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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