CVE-2022-1959 Auth bypass in AppLock - Fingerprint
An attacker with physical access can bypass biometric authentication in AppLock due to incorrect fingerprint validation implementation.
- 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-2022-1959?
CVE-2022-1959 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in AppLock - Fingerprint, published on 30 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AppLock version 7.9.29 allows an attacker with physical access to the device to bypass biometric authentication. This is possible because the application did not correctly implement fingerprint validations.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1959?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spsoftmobile Applock.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1959 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-2022-1959 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1959 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jg3v-79gc-572m.