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GHSA-HFJP-GQM3-83QG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:39 – Updated: 2024-03-21 03:33

Details

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Severity

4.6 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2017-8769 (GCVE-0-2017-8769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-18 06:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48 Disputed

Summary

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

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/05/…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100906	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2017-05-17 00:00

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