CVE-2024-12993 Location information exposure in Infinix Weather app
An attacker can access an unsecured content provider in the pre-loaded Infinix Weather app to reveal user location without privileges.
- 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-2024-12993?
CVE-2024-12993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Infinix Mobile com.rlk.weathers, published on 30 Dec 2024. 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
Infinix devices contain a pre-loaded "com.rlk.weathers" application, that exposes an unsecured content provider. An attacker can communicate with the provider and reveal the user’s location without any privileges. After multiple attempts to contact the vendor we did not receive any answer. We suppose this issue affects all Infinix Mobile devices.
Weakness: CWE-497
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12993?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-12993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4334-98hj-rq43.