CVE-2017-8769

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

** EN DISPUTA ** Facebook WhatsApp Messenger 2.17.146 para Android utiliza la tarjeta SD para el almacenamiento en archivos en texto claro (audio, documentos, imágenes, vídeos y notas de voz) asociados a una conversación incluso si se elimina dicha conversación. Puede haber usuarios que esperen que se realice el borrado de estos archivos una vez que se elimina la conversación o usuarios que esperen que estos archivos estén cifrados (de acuerdo al uso por parte de la aplicación de una base de datos cifrada para almacenar los textos de conversaciones). NOTA: el fabricante indica que no \"considera que esto se trate de problemas de seguridad\" debido a que un usuario, de forma legítima, puede querer preservar cualquier archivo para su uso \"en otras apps como la galería de Google Photos\", independientemente de si la conversación asociada se ha eliminado o no.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-05-03 CVE Reserved
2017-05-18 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100906	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/05/17/advisory-whatsapp-for-android-privacy-issues-with-handling-of-media-files-cve-2017-8769	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Whatsapp Search vendor "Whatsapp"		Whatsapp Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp"				< 2.16.323 Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp" and version " < 2.16.323"		android		Affected