CVE-2017-18646 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2017-18646?

CVE-2017-18646 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) and N(7.x) software. An attacker can bypass the password requirement for tablet user switching by folding the magnetic cover. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10602 (December 2017).

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18646?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2017-18646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-435p-pf44-5x2x.