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CVE-2018-16271
The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox,…
Impact
The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung | Galaxy Gear Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear 2 Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear Live Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear S Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear S2 Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear S3 Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear Sport Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear Fit Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear Fit 2 Firmware | before re2 |
| Samsung | Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware | before re2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be
- https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be