PT-2020-8722 · Samsung · Contacts

Published 2020-04-08 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2018-21078

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) Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) Samsung mobile devices with O(8.0)

Description An issue was discovered in the Contacts application, allowing attackers to originate video calls because SS (Supplementary Service) and USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) codes are improperly secured.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0), update the Contacts application to properly secure SS and USSD codes. For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), update the Contacts application to properly secure SS and USSD codes. For Samsung mobile devices with O(8.0), update the Contacts application to properly secure SS and USSD codes.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-21078

Affected Products

Contacts

References · 4

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21078 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2571 · Telegram Post