CVE-2018-21080

low-risk

Published 2020-04-08

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. A physically proximate attacker wielding a magnet can activate NFC to bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10897 (March 2018).

Do I need to act?

0.01% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.6/10 Medium

PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Android

Affected Vendors

Google

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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low-risk

Severity 16/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 10/34 · Low