Low severity · published Oct 6, 2020
CVE-2020-1905
Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.20.185, which could have allowed a malicious…
3.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.20.185, which could have allowed a malicious third party app chosen to open the file to guess the URIs for previously opened attachments until the opener app is terminated.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WH
Whatsapp · Whatsapp
before 2.20.185 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1905
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1905
Vendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/
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