Vulnerability in Health Covidsafe
CVE-2020-14292
In the COVIDSafe application through 1.0.21 for Android, unsafe use of the Bluetooth transport option in the GATT connection allows attackers to trick the application into establishing a connection over Bluetooth BR/EDR transport, which reveals the public Bluetooth address of the victim's phone without authorisation, bypassing the Bluetooth address randomisation protection in the user's phone.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- covidsafe.watch/issue-register/ (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/AU-COVIDSafe/mobile-android/blob/b827cf3ccef72a3d38c6fc37466a9986882… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/alwentiu/CVE-2020-14292 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14292?
- CVE-2020-14292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Health Covidsafe. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2020-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14292?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14292 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.