Improper Authentication in Google Android - CVE-2019-20620

 

Improper Authentication in Google Android - CVE-2019-20620

Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34629
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20620
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software. The Settings application allows unauthenticated changes. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2019-13814, SVE-2019-13815 (March 2019).


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20620

Install update from vendor's website.

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