PT-2020-8202

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with Android versions 4.4 through 7.x Description: An issue in the Email application on Samsung mobile devices allows attackers to send emails on behalf of any user via a broadcasted intent. Recommendations: For Android...

PT-2020-8231

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with KK4.4 Samsung mobile devices with L5.0/5.1 Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 Samsung mobile devices with N7.0 Description: An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices. Because of incorrect exception handling a...

PT-2020-8234

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices versions 4.4 through 6.0 Description: An issue was discovered in the InputMethod application that can cause a system crash via a malformed serializable object in an Intent. Recommendations: For versions 4.4 through 6.0,...

PT-2020-7961

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 software Description: An issue was discovered where an attacker can disable all sound functionality by broadcasting an unprotected intent. This issue affects Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 software...

PT-2020-7958

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with L5.0/5.1, M6.0, and N7.0 software Description: An issue allows attackers to read the password of the Mobile Hotspot in the log because of an unprotected intent. Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with...

CVE-2017-18653: Undefined Security Weakness

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK4.4, L5.0/5.1, M6.0, and N7.x software. The Email application allows attackers to send emails on behalf of any user via a broadcasted intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9357 September 2017...

CVE-2017-18663: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software. Because of missing Intent exception handling, systemserver can have a NullPointerException with a crash of a system process. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-9122, SVE-2017-9123, SVE-2017-9124, and SVE-2017-9126 July 2017...

CVE-2017-18677: Missing Authorization

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 and N7.x software. Because of an unprotected Intent, an attacker can reset the configuration of certain applications. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7142 April 2017...

CVE-2017-18682: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK4.4, L5.0/5.1, M6.0, and N7.0 software. Because of incorrect exception handling and an unprotected intent, AudioService can cause a system crash, The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-8114, SVE-2017-8116, and SVE-2017-8117 March 2017...

CVE-2017-18685: Improper Input Validation

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK4.4, L5.0/5.1, and M6.0 software. The InputMethod application can cause a system crash via a malformed serializable object in an Intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7123 February 2017...

CVE-2017-18686: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 and N7.0 software. Contact information can leak to a log file because of the broadcasting of an unprotected intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7180 February 2017...

CVE-2016-11029: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L5.0/5.1, M6.0, and N7.0 software. Attackers can read the password of the Mobile Hotspot in the log because of an unprotected intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7301 December 2016...

CVE-2016-11032: Improper Input Validation

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 software. An attacker can disable all Sound functionality by broadcasting an unprotected intent. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2016-7179 and SVE-2016-7182 November 2016...

(Pwn2Own) Xiaomi GetApps Intent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Xiaomi GetApps. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

Mail.ru: [Mail.Ru for Android] Replacing "Add filter" screen by malicious screen

An implicit intent was invoked on "Add filter" action of Mail.ru Mail application for Android leading to interface spoofing possibility...

Mahalo FIN7: Responding to the Criminal Operators’ New Tools and Techniques

During several recent incident response engagements, FireEye Mandiant investigators uncovered new tools in FIN7’s malware arsenal and kept pace as the global criminal operators attempted new evasion techniques. In this blog, we reveal two of FIN7’s new tools that we have called BOOSTWRITE and...

Authentication flaw

Smart TV Box firmware version prior to 1300 allows remote attackers to bypass access restriction to conduct arbitrary operations on the device without user's intent, such as installing arbitrary software or changing the device settings via Android Debug Bridge port 5555/TCP...

PT-2019-12270

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ES File Explorer File Manager application version 4.2.0.1.3 Description The master-password feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application can be bypassed, allowing remote FTP access to the entirety of local storage. This can be...

Introducing the Cognitive Attack Loop and the 3 Phases of Cybercriminal Behavior

We have a fundamental saying at Carbon Black: “Cybersecurity is all about the data.” I love this saying. In understanding the data, we can better understand behaviors. And, in better understanding behaviors, we can better understand attackers. Much like a detective in the physical world pieces...

CVE-2019-12087

Samsung S9+, S10, and XCover 4 P9.0 devices can become temporarily inoperable because of an unprotected intent in the ContainerAgent application. For example, the victim becomes stuck in a launcher with their Secure Folder locked. NOTE: the researcher mentions "the Samsung Security Team considere...