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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-16270 json

Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or permission restriction.

published 2020-01-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8122

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or permission restriction. This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.

Patch / fix

  • samsung galaxy_gear_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_2_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_live_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_s_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_s2_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_s3_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_sport_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_fit_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_fit_2_firmware re2
  • samsung gear_fit_2_pro_firmware re2

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • media.defcon.org https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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