CVE-2018-20135

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20135
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-07 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-11 15:09:00 UTC
DescriptionSamsung Galaxy Apps before 4.4.01.7 allows modification of the hostname used for load balancing on installations of applications through a man-in-the-middle attack. An attacker may trick Galaxy Apps into using an arbitrary hostname for which the attacker can provide a valid SSL certificate, and emulate the API of the app store to modify existing apps at installation time. The specific flaw involves an HTTP method to obtain the load-balanced hostname that enforces SSL only after obtaining a hostname from the load balancer, and a missing app signature validation in the application XML. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve Remote Code Execution on the device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12071.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samsung Galaxy Apps All All All All
Application Samsung Galaxy Apps All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samsung Mobile Security MISC security.samsungmobile.com Vendor Advisory
Writeup – Samsung Galaxy Apps Store RCE via MITM - Adyta MISC www.adyta.pt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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