CVE-2018-16270
This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or permission restriction. This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.
- 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
- 1.16% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- samsung/galaxy gear firmware · samsung/gear 2 firmware · samsung/gear live firmware · samsung/gear s firmware · samsung/gear s2 firmware · samsung/gear s3 firmware · samsung/gear sport firmware · samsung/gear fit firmware · samsung/gear fit 2 firmware · samsung/gear fit 2 pro firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.beExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.beExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.