COVIDSafe up to 1.0.17 Role information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in COVIDSafe up to 1.0.17. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Role Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12860. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. This vulnerability has a historic impact because of its background and how it was received.

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A vulnerability was found in COVIDSafe up to 1.0.17. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Role Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

COVIDSafe through v1.0.17 allows a remote attacker to access phone name and model information because a BLE device can have four roles and COVIDSafe uses all of them. This allows for re-identification of a device, and potentially identification of the owner's name.

The weakness was released 05/18/2020. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-12860 since 05/14/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/19/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

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-155400, VDB-155399 and VDB-155398. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• COVIDSafe

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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