Samsung MyFiles prior 12.2.09.0/13.1.03.501/14.1.03.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Samsung MyFiles. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-21463. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Samsung MyFiles and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper access control vulnerability in MyFiles application prior to versions 12.2.09.0 in Android 11, 13.1.03.501 in Android 12 and 14.1.03.0 in Android 13 allows local attacker to get sensitive information of secret mode in Samsung Internet application with specific conditions.

The weakness was disclosed 03/17/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-21463 since 11/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 12.2.09.0, 13.1.03.501 or 14.1.03.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25631). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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CNA Base Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MyFiles 12.2.09.0/13.1.03.501/14.1.03.0

Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
03/17/2023 +123 days 🔍
03/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2025 +914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21463 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21463
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223267
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2023 07:16
Updated: 09/16/2025 19:53
Changes: 03/17/2023 07:16 (38), 04/11/2023 08:24 (21), 09/16/2025 19:53 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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