CVE-2020-1905

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Low 3.3

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-1905

Assigner
cve-assign@fb.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-06T18:15:16

Last Modified Date
2020-10-13T15:20:22

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-330	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/330.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::android::*	1	OR		2.20.185

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.3

Base Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
1.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1905
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1905

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:09:10				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 23:47:41	2020-10-06T18:15Z	2020-10-06T18:15:16	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 23:47:41		2020-10-13T15:20:22	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 23:47:41		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated