CVE-2019-16401 describes an information leakage vulnerability affecting specific Samsung Galaxy S3, S8 Plus, and Note 2 devices. Attackers can inject AT commands (AT+CIMI, AT+CGSN) over Bluetooth, enabling the exfiltration of sensitive data like IMSI, IMEI, call status, and battery level. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires adjacent network access, leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s8_plus_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s3_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_note_2_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.