CVE-2024-40239
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a...
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function.
- Record
CVE-2024-40239- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function.
- Record
CVE-2024-40239- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38422
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38422- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmxq-gq3m-xgpf
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a...
An incorrect access control issue in Life: Personal Diary, Journal android app 17.5.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function.
- Record
GHSA-mmxq-gq3m-xgpf- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - 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-2024-40239 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Hitbytes Life, published November 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.