8.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-9939
SHAREit Remote Authentication Bypass
Description

The SHAREit application before 4.0.36 for Android allows a remote attacker (on the same network or joining public "open" Wi-Fi hotspots created by the application when file transfer is initiated) to bypass authentication by trying to fetch a non-existing page. When the non-existing page is requested, the application responds with a 200 status code and empty page, and adds the requesting client device into the list of recognized devices.

INFO

Published Date :

March 22, 2019, 8:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9939 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 Ushareit shareit
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://blog.redforce.io/shareit-vulnerabilities-enable-unrestricted-access-to-adjacent-devices-files/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9939 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-287 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.redforce.io/shareit-vulnerabilities-enable-unrestricted-access-to-adjacent-devices-files/ No Types Assigned https://blog.redforce.io/shareit-vulnerabilities-enable-unrestricted-access-to-adjacent-devices-files/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ushareit:shareit:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.34
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.34 }} -0.02%

score

0.67243

percentile

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