Element up to 1.6.11 on Android information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Element up to 1.6.11 on Android and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-26132. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Element up to 1.6.11 on Android (Android App Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Element Android is an Android Matrix Client. A third-party malicious application installed on the same phone can force Element Android, version 0.91.0 through 1.6.12, to share files stored under the `files` directory in the application's private data directory to an arbitrary room. The impact of the attack is reduced by the fact that the databases stored in this folder are encrypted. However, it contains some other potentially sensitive information, such as the FCM token. Forks of Element Android which have set `android:exported="false"` in the `AndroidManifest.xml` file for the `IncomingShareActivity` activity are not impacted. This issue is fixed in Element Android 1.6.12. There is no known workaround to mitigate the issue.

The weakness was released 02/21/2024 as GHSA-8wj9-cx7h-pvm4. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26132 since 02/14/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.6.12 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at element.io. Applying the patch 8f9695a9a8d944cb9b92568cbd76578c51d32e07 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Android App Software

Name

• Element

Version

• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.10
• 1.6.11

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• open-source

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