CVE-2018-21055

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) (Qualcomm models using MSM8996 chipsets) software. A device can be rooted with a custom image to execute arbitrary scripts in the INIT context. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11940 (September 2018).

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:msm8996:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-08 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2018-21055

Mitre link : CVE-2018-21055

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-21055

JSON object : View

Products Affected

qualcomm

msm8996

google

android

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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