CVE-2021-31815

GAEN (aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications) through 2021-04-27 on Android allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as a user's location history, in-person social graph, and (sometimes) COVID-19 infection status, because Rolling Proximity Identifiers and MAC addresses are written to the Android system log, and many Android devices have applications (preinstalled by the hardware manufacturer or network operator) that read system log data and send it to third parties. NOTE: a news outlet (The Markup) states that they received a vendor response indicating that fix deployment "began several weeks ago and will be complete in the coming days."
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:google:google\/apple_exposure_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

History

07 May 2021, 18:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://blog.appcensus.io/2021/04/27/why-google-should-stop-logging-contact-tracing-data/ - (MISC) https://blog.appcensus.io/2021/04/27/why-google-should-stop-logging-contact-tracing-data/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/04/27/google-promised-its-contact-tracing-app-was-completely-private-but-it-wasnt - (MISC) https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/04/27/google-promised-its-contact-tracing-app-was-completely-private-but-it-wasnt - Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:google\/apple_exposure_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
CWE CWE-319

28 Apr 2021, 02:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-04-28 02:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-31815

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31815

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31815


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Products Affected

google

  • google\/apple_exposure_notifications
CWE
CWE-319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information