CVE-2018-12445 Auth bypass in n/a

Low 3.1 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass biometric authentication in the Dropbox Android app by manipulating callback methods, potentially gaining unauthorized account access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-12445?

CVE-2018-12445 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the com.dropbox.android application 98.2.2 for Android. The FingerprintManager class for Biometric validation allows authentication bypass through the callback method from onAuthenticationFailed to onAuthenticationSucceeded with null, because the fingerprint API in conjunction with the Android keyGenerator class is not implemented. In other words, an attacker could authenticate with an arbitrary fingerprint. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not an attack of interest within the context of their threat model, which excludes Android devices on which rooting has occurred

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dropbox Dropbox.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12445 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-2018-12445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8vf4-47vh-64rm.

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