CVE-2018-16271

MEDIUM

Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware < RE2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via D-Bus Security Policy Misconfiguration

Title source: llm

Description

The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 40.3%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (10)

samsung/galaxy_gear_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_2_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_fit_2_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_fit_2_pro_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_fit_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_live_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_s2_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_s3_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_s_firmware < re2

samsung/gear_sport_firmware < re2

Published Jan 22, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026