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CVE-2018-12038
Samsung 840 EVO Disk Encryption Key Exfiltration Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 20, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-12038 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12038 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Samsung 840_evo_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-12038.

URL Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395981 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105841 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 months ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

Collection of PowerShell network security scripts for system administrators.

network-security powershell sysadmin security-tools

PowerShell

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
154 stars 17 fork 17 watcher
Born at : Jan. 23, 2019, 6:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PowerShell script to mitigate CVE-2018-12038. The script takes a list of PC as input, gets their BitLocker encryption type remotely, and outputs a report as a CSV file

PowerShell

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 17, 2018, 4:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12038 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-320 CWE-522
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105841 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105841 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395981 No Types Assigned http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395981 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-320
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:840_evo_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:840_evo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-12038 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} -0.01%

score

0.18981

percentile

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