VDB-228037 · CVE-2023-21486 · EUVD-2023-25654

Samsung Smart Phone Call Setting ImagePreviewActivity improper export of android application components

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function ImagePreviewActivity of the component Call Setting Handler. This manipulation causes improper export of android application components. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-21486. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ImagePreviewActivity of the component Call Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper export of android application components vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-926. The Android application exports a component for use by other applications, but does not properly restrict which applications can launch the component or access the data it contains. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper export of android application components vulnerability in ImagePreviewActivity in Call Settings to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows physical attackers to access some media data stored in sandbox.

The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2023. The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-21486 since 11/14/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25654). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Samsung

Name

Smart Phone

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.6
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.3
CNA Vector (Samsung Mobile): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper export of android application components
CWE: CWE-926
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
05/05/2023 +171 days 🔍
05/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2025 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21486 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21486
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228037
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2023 07:17
Updated: 09/16/2025 22:06
Changes: 05/05/2023 07:17 (49), 05/27/2023 18:51 (11), 09/16/2025 22:06 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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