Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21053

 

Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21053

Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34484
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21053
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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).


Affected software

Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2018-21053

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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