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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-16269 json

The wnoti system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to take over the internal notification message data,…

published 2020-01-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8121

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The wnoti system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to take over the internal notification message data, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

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

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% 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:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.