{"id":"CVE-2018-5298","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5298","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:13:14.284Z","title":"An attacker can gain access to locally stored user data more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file.","description":"In the Procter & Gamble \"Oral-B App\" (aka com.pg.oralb.oralbapp) application 5.0.0 for Android, AES encryption with static parameters is used to secure the locally stored shared preferences. An attacker can gain access to locally stored user data more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file.","published":"2018-01-08T08:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:00:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-326"],"affected":["pg/oral-b app"],"epss":{"score":0.00411,"percentile":0.35117,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2018/01/auditing-oral-b-app-v500.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2018/01/auditing-oral-b-app-v500.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5298","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}