National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2980
Original release date:08/21/2012
Last revised:08/21/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Samsung and HTC onTouchEvent method implementation for Android on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, HTC Merge, Sprint EVO Shift 4G, HTC ChaCha, AT&T Status, HTC Desire Z, T-Mobile G2, T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, and Samsung Galaxy S stores touch coordinates in the dmesg buffer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, as demonstrated by PIN numbers, telephone numbers, and text messages.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#251635
Name: VU#251635
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/