CVE-2020-24721 describes a vulnerability in the Google/Apple Exposure Notifications (GAEN) protocol, affecting COVID-19 contact tracing applications on both Android and iOS. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) allows for coercion, where a user can be forced to prove or disprove an exposure notification due to the persistent state of a private framework. The attack vector is physical, with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:exposure_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:exposure_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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