Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21060
Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34488
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2018-21060
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability 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 a Keyboard learned words leak in the locked state via the emergency contact picker. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2018-11989, SVE-2018-11990 (September 2018).
How to mitigate CVE-2018-21060
Install update from vendor's website.