CVE-2020-35693
Samsung Android BLE Silent PII Exfiltration Vulnerability
Description
On some Samsung phones and tablets running Android through 7.1.1, it is possible for an attacker-controlled Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device to pair silently with a vulnerable target device, without any user interaction, when the target device's Bluetooth is on, and it is running an app that offers a connectable BLE advertisement. An example of such an app could be a Bluetooth-based contact tracing app, such as Australia's COVIDSafe app, Singapore's TraceTogether app, or France's TousAntiCovid (formerly StopCovid). As part of the pairing process, two pieces (among others) of personally identifiable information are exchanged: the Identity Address of the Bluetooth adapter of the target device, and its associated Identity Resolving Key (IRK). Either one of these identifiers can be used to perform re-identification of the target device for long term tracking. The list of affected devices includes (but is not limited to): Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy A3, Tab A (2017), J2 Pro (2018), Galaxy Note 4, and Galaxy S5.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 24, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 31, 2020, 6:31 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-35693 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2020-35693.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/alwentiu/contact-tracing-research/blob/main/samsung.pdf | 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]
Dec. 31, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/alwentiu/contact-tracing-research/blob/main/samsung.pdf No Types Assigned https://github.com/alwentiu/contact-tracing-research/blob/main/samsung.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.1.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_a3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_note_4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_note_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:j2_pro_\(2018\):-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:tab_a_\(2017\):-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.07 }} 0.00%
score
0.28105
percentile