What is CVE-2017-18687?

CVE-2017-18687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18687?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-18687

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software. An attacker can obtain the full pathnames of sdcard files by reading the system protected log upon reception of a certain intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7183 (January 2017).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (26.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.4, 5.0, 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18687?: CVE-2017-18687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18687?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.