PT-2020-8706 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Devices

Published 2020-04-08 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2018-21062

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software

Description An issue allows an attacker to view Streams content, such as a Gallery slideshow, of a locked Secure Folder on a Samsung mobile device when biometric authentication is disabled. This can be done via a connection to an external device.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, enable biometric authentication to prevent unauthorized access to Secure Folder content. For Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software, enable biometric authentication to prevent unauthorized access to Secure Folder content.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-21062

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21062 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21062 · Security Note