PT-2017-18041 · Samsung · Android

Published 2017-04-19 · Updated 2017-04-25 · CVE-2017-7978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung Android devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software

Description The issue allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a world-readable log file after an unexpected reboot.

Recommendations For Samsung Android devices with L(5.0/5.1) software, update to a version that does not have this issue. For Samsung Android devices with M(6.0) software, update to a version that does not have this issue. For Samsung Android devices with N(7.x) software, update to a version that does not have this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the log file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7978

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-APR-2017 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7978 · Security Note