Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21056

 

Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21056

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34485
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-21056
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

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

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. The Smartwatch displays Secure Folder Notification content. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12458 (September 2018).


How to mitigate CVE-2018-21056

Install update from vendor's website.

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