CVE-2018-21047

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).

Affected products

Android: 8.0, 8.1

References

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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