CVE-2022-36874 Information disclosure in Waterplugin

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can access sensitive device identifiers like IMEI and Serial Number due to improper permission handling in the Samsung Waterplugin.

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-2022-36874?

CVE-2022-36874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Waterplugin, published on 9 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges vulnerability in Waterplugin prior to 2.2.11.22040751 allows attacker to access device IMEI and Serial number.

Weakness: CWE-755, CWE-280

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36874?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Galaxy Watch Plugin.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-36874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v4fr-g7jw-v8qx.

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