Critical severity · published Apr 8, 2020
CVE-2018-21042
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. Dual Messenger allows installation of an arbitrary APK with resultant privileged code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-13299 (December 2018).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
7.0; 7.1.0; 7.1.1; 7.1.2; 8.0; 8.1; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21042
Vendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
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