VDB
CVE-2017-18649
CVE-2017-18649
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.199999809265137 HIGH
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can boot a device with root privileges because the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset lacks an integrity check of the system image, aka the "SamFAIL" issue. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10465 (November 2017).
EPSS 0.28% · 20.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.199999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.28%
20.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| android | 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2 | |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Apr 7, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb url
- https://androidcommunity.com/samfail-method-gives-root-access-to-samsung-galaxy-note-8-snapdragon-variant-20171009/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18649 advisory
- https://androidcommunity.com/samfail-method-gives-root-access-to-samsung-galaxy-note-8-snapdragon-variant-20171009 url