Unprotected Intent Vulnerability in Samsung S9+, S10, and XCover 4 P(9.0) Devices

Unprotected Intent Vulnerability in Samsung S9+, S10, and XCover 4 P(9.0) Devices

CVE-2019-12087 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Samsung S9+, S10, and XCover 4 P(9.0) devices can become temporarily inoperable because of an unprotected intent in the ContainerAgent application. For example, the victim becomes stuck in a launcher with their Secure Folder locked. NOTE: the researcher mentions "the Samsung Security Team considered this issue as no/little security impact.

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