CVE-2020-8988
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes...
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
- Record
CVE-2020-8988- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-330, CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
- Record
CVE-2020-8988- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29818 No score
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29818- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gf9h-xgqf-wjrr No score
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes...
The Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android allows only 100 million different PINs, which makes it easier for attackers (after using root access to make a copy of the local database) to discover login credentials and voting history via an offline brute-force approach.
- Record
GHSA-gf9h-xgqf-wjrr- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Voatz, published February 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.