A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Facebook WhatsApp Messenger up to 2.19.103 on Android (Messaging Software). This issue affects some functionality of the component Recovery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was shared 05/10/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-3566 since 01/02/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/11/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Product

Vendor

• Facebook

Name

• WhatsApp Messenger

CPE 2.3

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CPE 2.2

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CVSSv3

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2

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VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploiting

Class: Information disclosure (CWE-200)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

Threat Intelligence

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Countermeasures

Recommended: no mitigation known
0-Day Time: 🔒

Timeline

01/02/2019 CVE assigned
05/10/2019 Advisory disclosed
05/11/2019 VulDB entry created
05/11/2019 VulDB last update

Sources

CVE: CVE-2019-3566 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704

Entry

Created: 05/11/2019 03:01 AM
Complete: 🔍

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