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CVE-2018-21062

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) and O(8.x) software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content (e.g., a Gallery slideshow) of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 (August 2018).

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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