Samsung Smart Phone SecSettings improper authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SecSettings. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper authentication in SecSettings prior to SMR Mar-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to reset the setting.

The weakness was shared 03/17/2023. The advisory is available at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-21460 since 11/14/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Samsung

Name

Smart Phone

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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NVD Base Score: 4.4
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CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (Samsung Mobile): 🔍

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
03/17/2023 +123 days 🔍
03/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21460 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2023 07:18 AM
Updated: 04/11/2023 08:43 AM
Changes: 03/17/2023 07:18 AM (49), 04/11/2023 08:43 AM (10)
Complete: 🔍
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