CVE-2020-1905

Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.20.185, which could have allowed a malicious third party app chosen to open the file to guess the URIs for previously opened attachments until the opener app is terminated.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-10-06 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23

NVD link : CVE-2020-1905

Mitre link : CVE-2020-1905

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-1905

JSON object : View

Products Affected

whatsapp

whatsapp

CWE

CWE-330

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

CWE-340

Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

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