CVE-2020-8988
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2020 at 08:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVoatz
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisOfVoatz_Public.pdfCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-330CWE-521
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