Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-26601
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in DirEncryptService on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. PendingIntent with an empty intent is mishandled, allowing an attacker to perform a privileged action via a modified intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18034 (October 2020).
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb x_refsource_MISC