CVE-2019-12087 Denial of service in n/a
An unprotected intent in the ContainerAgent application allows attackers to temporarily render Samsung devices inoperable by locking the Secure Folder.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-12087?
CVE-2019-12087 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Samsung S9+, S10, and XCover 4 P(9.0) devices can become temporarily inoperable because of an unprotected intent in the ContainerAgent application. For example, the victim becomes stuck in a launcher with their Secure Folder locked. NOTE: the researcher mentions "the Samsung Security Team considered this issue as no/little security impact.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12087?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Samsung S10 Firmware, Samsung S9\+ Firmware, Samsung Xcover 4 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12087?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12087 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-12087 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12087 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4w8c-88r4-pgpj.