CVE-2018-19981: Amazon AWS SDK <=2.8.5 for Android uses Android SharedPreferences to store plain text AWS STS Temporary Credentials retrieved by AWS Cognito Identity Service…

PriorityP342high7.2CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.83%

76.2th percentile

Amazon AWS SDK <=2.8.5 for Android uses Android SharedPreferences to store plain text AWS STS Temporary Credentials retrieved by AWS Cognito Identity Service. An attacker can use these credentials to create authenticated and/or authorized requests. Note that the attacker must have "root" privilege access to the Android filesystem in order to exploit this vulnerability (i.e. the device has been compromised, such as disabling or bypassing Android's fundamental security mechanisms).

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
amazon	aws_software_development_kit	<= 2.8.5	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.2HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.09.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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