CVE-2020-8988

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-330 CWE-521

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blog.voatz.com/?p=1209Vendor Advisory
https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisOfVoatz_Public.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://blog.voatz.com/?p=1209Vendor Advisory
https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisOfVoatz_Public.pdfThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 13, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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