PT-2018-19018 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-9458

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 8.0 through 8.1

Description The issue concerns possible interception of keypresses due to focus being on the wrong window. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, revealing the user's keypresses while the screen was locked, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 8.0 through 8.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Clickjacking

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1021

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9458

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9458 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9458 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041432 · Note