Bypass lock protection in Android app (NC-SA-2020-004)
5th December 2019
Risk level: Low
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CWE: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288)
HackerOne report: 747726
Description
A wrong check for the system time in the Android App 3.9.0 causes a bypass of the lock protection when changing the time of the system to the past.
Affected Software
- Nextcloud Android < 3.9.1 (CVE-2019-15615)
Action Taken
The error has been fixed.
Resolution
It is recommended that the Android App is upgraded to 3.9.1.
Acknowledgements
The Nextcloud team thanks the following people for their research and responsible disclosure of the above advisory:
This advisory is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.