Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2017-8769

MEDIUM 4.6 Published on 2017-05-18

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

Attack vector : Physical No privileges required No user interaction

Show raw CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS 0.21% exploit very unlikely percentile 10.9%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

WhatsApp Android com.whatsapp

Affected <2.16.323 Fixed in 2.16.323 Latest tracked 2.26.29.73 patched

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
whatsapp	whatsapp Android	Android	<2.16.323	cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::android::*

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