Samsung Smart Phone access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-21442. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper access control vulnerability in Runestone application prior to version 2.9.09.003 in Android R(11) and 3.2.01.007 in Android S(12) allows local attackers to get device location information.

The weakness was published 02/09/2023. The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21442 since 11/14/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25610). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.0
CNA Vector (Samsung Mobile): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
02/09/2023 +87 days 🔍
02/09/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2025 +949 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21442 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21442
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220505
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2023 21:59
Updated: 09/16/2025 00:25
Changes: 02/09/2023 21:59 (48), 09/16/2025 00:25 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!