PT-2020-8238 · Samsung · Exynos 5433+2

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2017-18689

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.0) software

Description: An issue allows an attacker to bypass a kernel module signature by modifying the count of kernel modules on Samsung mobile devices with Exynos5433, Exynos7420, or Exynos7870 chipsets.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.0) software, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-354

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18689

Affected Products

Exynos 5433

Exynos7420

Exynos7870

References · 4

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18689 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18689 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2496 · Telegram Post