CVE-2018-21080 - Inadequate Encryption Strength

Severity

46%

Complexity

9%

Confidentiality

60%

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. A physically proximate attacker wielding a magnet can activate NFC to bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10897 (March 2018).

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. A physically proximate attacker wielding a magnet can activate NFC to bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10897 (March 2018).

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 4 years ago

2020-04-08 18:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-04-09 15:26:00

Affected Software

Google Android (Nougat) 7.0

7.0

Google Android 7.1.0

7.1.0

Google Android 7.1.1

7.1.1

Google Android 7.1.2

7.1.2

References

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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