CVE-2018-10498: Samsung Email

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Samsung Email Fixed in version 5.0.02.16. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of file:/// URIs. The issue lies in the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can allow for reading arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to escalate privileges. Was ZDI-CAN-5329.

Affected products

• Samsung Samsung Email: before 5.0.02.16 (fixed in 5.0.02.16)

Published 2018-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.