CVE-2017-7978 describes a vulnerability in Samsung Android devices running versions 5.0/5.1 (L), 6.0 (M), and 7.x (N) software. An attacker can obtain sensitive information by reading a world-readable log file generated after an unexpected device reboot. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.