Samsung Email Arbitrary File Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

June 7th, 2018
ZDI-18-557 ZDI-CAN-5329

CVE ID

CVE-2018-10498

CVSS Score

4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors

Samsung

Affected Products

Email

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Samsung Email. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of file:/// URIs. The issue lies in the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can allow for reading arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to escalate privileges.

Additional Details


Market Update / 2018 Feb SMR O os: Patched with Samsung Email(5.0.02.16) in Store N os: Patched with Samsung Email(4.2.66.2) in Store M: Patched with 2018 FEB SMR


Disclosure Timeline

  • 2017-11-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-06-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2018-06-07 - Advisory Updated

Credit

Tencent Keen Security Lab

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