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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-16270

This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.16%

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 · 65th percentile
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.