VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-18677
Because of an unprotected Intent, an attacker can reset the configuration of certain applications.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. Because of an unprotected Intent, an attacker can reset the configuration of certain applications. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7142 (April 2017).
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.