CVE-2018-21081 describes a critical vulnerability in Samsung mobile devices running Android N (7.x) where the Dual Messenger feature allows a second application to inherit the runtime permissions of the first application without user consent. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), indicating a high potential for unauthorized access to sensitive data (confidentiality) and modification of data (integrity) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.