CVE-2018-16271

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSamsung Galaxy Gear Firmware
PublishedJan 22, 2020
First seenJan 22, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • samsung galaxy_gear_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_2_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_live_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_s_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_s2_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_s3_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_sport_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_fit_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_fit_2_firmwarere2 or later
  • samsung gear_fit_2_pro_firmwarere2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
samsung galaxy_gear_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_2_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_live_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_s_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_s2_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_s3_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_sport_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_fit_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_fit_2_firmwarev < re2re2
samsung gear_fit_2_pro_firmwarev < re2re2

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