CVE-2018-21042

moderate-risk
Published 2020-04-08

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).

Do I need to act?

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0.16% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate