Vulnerability in Rakuten Viber
CVE-2019-18800
Viber through 11.7.0.5 allows a remote attacker who can capture a victim's internet traffic to steal their Viber account, because not all Viber protocol traffic is encrypted. TCP data packet 9 on port 4244 from the victim's device contains cleartext information such as the device model and OS version, IMSI, and 20 bytes of udid in a binary format, which is located at offset 0x14 of this packet. Then, the attacker installs Viber on his device, initiates the registration process for any phone number, but doesn't enter a pin from SMS. Instead, he closes Viber. Next, the attacker rewrites his udid with the victim's udid, modifying the viber_udid file, which is located in the Viber preferences folder. (The udid is stored in a hexadecimal format.) Finally, the attacker starts Viber again and enters the pin from SMS.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- thesamarkand.tumblr.com/post/188785277609/viber-messenger-remote-account-reset-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-18800?
- CVE-2019-18800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rakuten Viber, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2019-18800?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.