Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus/Galaxy S3/Galaxy Note 2/Exynos 4412 Bluetooth injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2 and Exynos 4412 8.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. Performing a manipulation as part of AT Command results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-16400. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2 and Exynos 4412 8.0.0 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation as part of a AT Command leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Samsung Galaxy S8 plus (Android version: 8.0.0, Build Number: R16NW.G955USQU5CRG3, Baseband Vendor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Baseband: G955USQU5CRG3), Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android version: 4.3, Build Number: JSS15J.I9300XXUGND5, Baseband Vendor: Samsung Exynos 4412, Baseband: I9300XXUGNA8), and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Android version: 4.3, Build Number: JSS15J.I9300XUGND5, Baseband Vendor: Samsung Exynos 4412, Baseband: N7100DDUFND1) devices allow attackers to send AT commands over Bluetooth, resulting in several Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

The weakness was presented 11/06/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-16400 since 09/18/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-145144 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Samsung

Name

• Exynos 4412
• Galaxy Note 2
• Galaxy S3
• Galaxy S8 Plus

Version

• 8.0.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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