Local app spoofing via undisclosed System UI flaw
Published Nov 6, 2024 · Updated Nov 6, 2024
Information exposure in System UI on Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Nov-2024 Release 1 lets local attackers disguise malicious apps. Samsung states that System UI uses sensitive information in an unnecessary implementation, but it does not disclose the data, code path, or operation involved. The attack is local, requires no prior privileges or user interaction, and is limited in the published record to making a malicious app appear legitimate.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in System UI on Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Nov-2024 Release 1 lets local attackers disguise malicious apps. Samsung states that System UI uses sensitive information in an unnecessary implementation, but it does not disclose the data, code path, or operation involved. The attack is local, requires no prior privileges or user interaction, and is limited in the published record to making a malicious app appear legitimate.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34677
- Published
- Nov 6, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Samsung Mobile Devices
- Classifications
- CWE-922, T1655
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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