CVE-2020-1905

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 6, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Dec 2, 2019

Description

Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.20.185, which could have allowed a malicious third party app chosen to open the file to guess the URIs for previously opened attachments until the opener app is terminated.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WhatsApp for AndroidFacebook	2.20.185Affected before 2.20.185Affected

References

https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/

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