CVE-2020-35138
The MobileIron agents through 2021-03-22 for Android and iOS contain a hardcoded encryption key, used to encrypt the submission of…
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- mitre
Description
The MobileIron agents through 2021-03-22 for Android and iOS contain a hardcoded encryption key, used to encrypt the submission of username/password details during the authentication process, as demonstrated by Mobile@Work (aka com.mobileiron). The key is in the com/mobileiron/common/utils/C4928m.java file. NOTE: It has been asserted that there is no causality or connection between credential encryption and the MiTM attack
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileiron&hl=en_US&gl=US (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.optiv.com/explore-optiv-insights/source-zero/mobileiron-mdm-contains-static-key-allowing-account-enumeration (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/optiv/rustyIron (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.ivanti.com/blog/a-warranted-response-to-inaccurate-optiv-research (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.optiv.com/insights/source-zero/blog/mobileiron-mdm-contains-static-key-allowing-account-enumeration (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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