7.5

CVE-2018-16270: samsung galaxy_gear_firmware Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 22-01-2020Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16270 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in samsung galaxy_gear_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 22-01-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or permission restriction. This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (media.defcon.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (youtube.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Samsung10 products

1 vendor · 10 products

References

2 links