CVE-2018-21080

MEDIUM

Android - Lockscreen Bypass via NFC Magnet Activation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. A physically proximate attacker wielding a magnet can activate NFC to bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10897 (March 2018).

References (1)

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

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 0.9%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-326
Status published
Products (4)
google/android 7.0
google/android 7.1.0
google/android 7.1.1
google/android 7.1.2
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026