CVE-2020-27059

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (12th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

In onAuthenticated of AuthenticationClient.java, there is a possible tapjacking attack when requesting the user's fingerprint due to an overlaid window. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-8.0, Android-8.1, Android-9, Android-10, 11; Android ID: A-159249069.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.8

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1021USprimary

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

BlackBerry BlackBerryall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:rim:blackberry:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Google Android 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:10.0
Google Android 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:11.0
Google Android 8.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.0
Google Android 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.1
Google Android 9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:9
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
n/a Android≤ Android-8.1enisa_euvdEU
n/a Android≤ Android-9enisa_euvdEU
n/a Android≤ Android-10 and 11enisa_euvdEU
n/a Android≤ Android-8.0enisa_euvdEU
google android= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1994Google Android Patchday JanuarDeutsch2021-01-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen oder Informationen offenzulegen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-01-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

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