7.2high
CVE-2017-18649
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software.
Published 6 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.2
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 21%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can boot a device with root privileges because the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset lacks an integrity check of the system image, aka the "SamFAIL" issue. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10465 (November 2017).
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
References
- security.samsungmobile.com /securityUpdate.smsb · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- androidcommunity.com /samfail-method-gives-root-access-to-samsung-galaxy-note-8-snapdragon-variant-20171009/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-18649
- NVD: CVE-2017-18649
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