CVE-2018-18698 affects Xiaomi Mi A1 devices running Android 8.1.0, where it insecurely stores Wi-Fi passwords in cleartext within logcat during mobile hotspot setup. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access highly sensitive information, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 78/100 indicates a significant potential threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mi:xiaomi_mi-a1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.