CVE-2020-1905 — Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers in Whatsapp FOR Android

CWE-340 — Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values3 documents3 sources

Severity

3.3LOWNVD

EPSS

0.3%

top 48.90%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Facebook Whatsapp FOR Android Whatsapp

Timeline

PublishedOct 6

Latest updateMay 24

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5facebook/whatsapp_for_androidunspecified — 2.20.185+1

▶NVDwhatsapp/whatsapp< 2.20.185

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-wprc-r97f-h356: Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

CVE-2020-1905: Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2↗2020-10-06

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