CVE-2018-19981

Published Apr 4, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
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).

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11648 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).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:51 AM
Reserved
Dec 9, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 4, 2019, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM