Samsung Smart Phone GearManagerStub access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GearManagerStub. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-21490. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component GearManagerStub. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper access control in GearManagerStub prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows a local attacker to delete applications installed by watchmanager.

The weakness was released 05/05/2023. The advisory is available at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-21490 since 11/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25658). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: 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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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
05/05/2023 +171 days 🔍
05/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/17/2025 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21490 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21490
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228066
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2023 07:52
Updated: 09/17/2025 01:42
Changes: 05/05/2023 07:52 (49), 05/28/2023 08:44 (11), 09/17/2025 01:42 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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