CVE-2020-12857
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 18, 2020 at 04:02 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCovidsafe
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Caching of GATT characteristic values (TempID) in COVIDSafe v1.0.15 and v1.0.16 allows a remote attacker to long-term re-identify an Android device running COVIDSafe.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://covidsafe.watch/issue-register/cve-2020-12857-tempid-identifier-was-staticx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5a5ersKBH6eG362atALrzuXo3zuZ70qrGomWVEC27U/edit?usp=sharingx_refsource_MISCProductVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-appCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-459
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