Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2019-20579
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34658
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20579
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. Gallery allows attackers to enable Location information sharing from the lock screen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14462 (August 2019).
Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20579
Install update from vendor's website.