CVE-2018-16271 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-16271

The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy...

Vulnerability Description

The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

galaxy gear firmware, gear 2 firmware, gear live firmware, gear s firmware, gear s2 firmware, gear s3 firmware, gear sport firmware, gear fit firmware, gear fit 2 firmware, gear fit 2 pro firmware
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 22nd, 2020
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.