Is CVE-2018-19981 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-19981 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-19981?

CVE-2018-19981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-19981?

CVE-2018-19981 has an EPSS score of 1.83% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-19981?

No published fix for CVE-2018-19981 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19981

HIGHEPSS 76th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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).

CWE-312

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit4

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.