CVE-2018-20135 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Samsung Galaxy Apps before version 4.4.01.7. It allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to manipulate the hostname used for load balancing during application installations, enabling them to emulate the app store's API. This flaw stems from a delayed SSL enforcement and a missing app signature validation, ultimately leading to potential Remote Code Execution on affected devices. With a CVSS score of 8.1, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4.01.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:galaxy_apps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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