Samsung Mobile Devices N(7.x)/O(8.x)/P(9.0) Emergency Mode authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Mobile Devices N(7.x)/O(8.x)/P(9.0) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Emergency Mode. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-20608. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Mobile Devices N(7.x)/O(8.x)/P(9.0) (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Emergency Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. An attacker can use Emergency mode to disable features. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2018-13164, SVE-2018-13165 (April 2019).

The weakness was released 03/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-20608 since 03/23/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-111342, VDB-111380, VDB-115287 and VDB-115285. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/23/2020 🔍
03/24/2020 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/04/2020 +193 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-20608 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-20608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-152156
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2020 10:05
Updated: 10/04/2020 06:53
Changes: 03/25/2020 10:05 (38), 03/25/2020 10:10 (18), 10/04/2020 06:53 (1)
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