CVE-2020-13833 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The system area allows arbitrary file overwrites via a symlink attack. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-17183 (June 2020).

Published: 2020-06-04

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:10.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-6046	An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The system area allows arbitrary file overwrites via a symlink attack. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-17183 (June 2020).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00461.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-06-04T17:05:59.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:25:16.503Z

Reserved: 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-13833

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-04T18:15:14.513

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:53:44.603

Link: CVE-2020-13833

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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