CVE-2018-21062

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% 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-287

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) and O(8.x) software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content (e.g., a Gallery slideshow) of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 (August 2018).

Affected products

Android: 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

References

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

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