Insufficiently protected credentials in Google Android - CVE-2017-18695
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34572
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18695
CWE-ID: CWE-522
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 authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software. Attackers (who control a certain subdomain) can discover a user's credentials, during an email account login, via an EAS autodiscover packet. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7654 (January 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18695
Install update from vendor's website.