CVE-2018-21047
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).
- Record
CVE-2018-21047- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).
- Record
CVE-2018-21047- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13565 No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13565- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hm48-6f5f-jwjv No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) software. There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass via the voice assistant because Internet access begins before the Setup Wizard finishes. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12894 (November 2018).
- Record
GHSA-hm48-6f5f-jwjv- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21047 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Google Android, published April 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.