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CVE-2017-8769 Details

Description

Facebook WhatsApp Messenger before 2.16.323 for Android uses the SD card for cleartext storage of files (Audio, Documents, Images, Video, and Voice Notes) associated with a chat, even after that chat is deleted. There may be users who expect file deletion to occur upon chat deletion, or who expect encryption (consistent with the application's use of an encrypted database to store chat text). NOTE: the vendor reportedly indicates that they do not "consider these to be security issues" because a user may legitimately want to preserve any file for use "in other apps like the Google Photos gallery" regardless of whether its associated chat is deleted

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/05/17/advisory-whatsapp-for-android-privacy-issues-with-handling-of-media-files-cve-2017-8769/ CVEExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100906 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/05/17/advisory-whatsapp-for-android-privacy-issues-with-handling-of-media-files-cve-2017-8769/ [email protected]ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100906 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-311Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
whatsapp whatsapp
< 2.16.323

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8769
NVD Published Date:
May 18, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-8769 Details - Not Deferred