CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-21038

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 08, 2020 | Modified: Apr 09, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. The Secure Folder apps startup logic allows authentication bypass. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11628 (December 2018).

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Android Google 7.1.0 (including) 7.1.0 (including)
Android Google 7.1.1 (including) 7.1.1 (including)
Android Google 7.1.2 (including) 7.1.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References