CVE-2022-22270 Information disclosure in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Unprivileged applications can access contact information via implicit Intent hijacking in the Samsung Dialer app.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-22270?

CVE-2022-22270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An implicit Intent hijacking vulnerability in Dialer prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows unprivileged applications to access contact information.

Weakness: CWE-552, CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-22270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8j4v-g972-gj5h.

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