CVE-2018-19981

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-04 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-05-10 16:20:00 UTC
DescriptionAmazon AWS SDK <=2.8.5 for Android uses Android SharedPreferences to store plain text AWS STS Temporary Credentials retrieved by AWS Cognito Identity Service. An attacker can use these credentials to create authenticated and/or authorized requests. Note that the attacker must have "root" privilege access to the Android filesystem in order to exploit this vulnerability (i.e. the device has been compromised, such as disabling or bypassing Android's fundamental security mechanisms).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Software Development Kit All All All All
Application Amazon Aws Software Development Kit All All All All
Application Amazon Aws Software Development Kit All All All All

References

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raw.githubusercontent.com/lorenzodifuccia/cloudflare/master/Images/vulns/aws/aws_sdk_sp... MISC raw.githubusercontent.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CognitoCachingCredentialsProvider (AWS SDK for Android - 2.22.1) MISC aws-amplify.github.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com/lorenzodifuccia/cloudflare/master/Images/vulns/aws/aws_sdk_sp... MISC raw.githubusercontent.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com/lorenzodifuccia/cloudflare/master/Images/vulns/aws/aws_sdk_sp... MISC raw.githubusercontent.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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