Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-26605 - Information Exposure Through Log Files vulnerability in Google Android 10.0/11.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
google
CWE-532

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) and R(11.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. They allow attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a log. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18596 (October 2020).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Google
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping
    An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.