Bluetooth Control Vulnerability in Tizen by Samsung
CVE-2018-16264

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Linux
Status
Tizen
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2020

Summary

The BlueZ system service in Tizen is vulnerable, allowing unprivileged processes to gain partial control over Bluetooth functionalities or access sensitive information. This risk stems from improper configurations in D-Bus security policies. The vulnerability affects Tizen versions before 5.0 M1 and specific firmware builds of Tizen-based devices, including earlier models of the Samsung Galaxy Gear series.

References

https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20...
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https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/upstream/bluez.g...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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