A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component SMS Text Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 exposes an unprotected component allowing an unprivileged app to send arbitrary SMS texts to arbitrary destinations without permission.

The weakness was shared 12/27/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4764 since 07/05/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (95437†). The entry VDB-9580 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Samsung

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• Galaxy S3
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