Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8988
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-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 0.9% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisOfVoatz_Public.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.voatz.com/?p=1209 x_refsource_MISC