CVE-2018-21042

CRITICAL

Samsung Android N(7.x)-P(9.0) - Unauthenticated Privileged Code Execution via Dual Messenger APK Installation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. Dual Messenger allows installation of an arbitrary APK with resultant privileged code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-13299 (December 2018).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 45.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (7)
google/android 7.0
google/android 7.1.0
google/android 7.1.1
google/android 7.1.2
google/android 8.0
google/android 8.1
google/android 9.0
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026