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CVE-2018-16271 Details

Description

The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
samsung galaxy gear firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_gear_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung galaxy gear	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_gear:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear 2 firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_2_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear 2	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_2:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear live firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_live_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear live	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_live:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s2 firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s2_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s2	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s2:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s3 firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_s3_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear s3	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_s3:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear sport firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_sport_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear sport	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_sport:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit 2 firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_2_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit 2	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit_2:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit 2 pro firmware	< re2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:samsung:gear_fit_2_pro_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
samsung gear fit 2 pro	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:samsung:gear_fit_2_pro:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 30, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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