CVE-2018-16271
Samsung Galaxy Gear Gear Wemail Consumer Service D-Bus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 22, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 30, 2020, 5:51 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16271
vulnerability.
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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-2018-16271.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 30, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf No Types Assigned https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be No Types Assigned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_gear_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_gear:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_live_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_sport_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_sport:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit_2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_2_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) re2 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit_2_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16271 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16271
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.26559
percentile