Samsung Account prior 14.5.00.7 startTncActivity information disclosure

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Samsung Account. The affected element is the function startTncActivity. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-42551. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Samsung Account. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function startTncActivity. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Use of implicit intent for sensitive communication vulnerability in startTncActivity in Samsung Account prior to version 14.5.00.7 allows attackers to access arbitrary file with Samsung Account privilege.

The weakness was released 11/07/2023. The advisory is available at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-42551 since 09/11/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 14.5.00.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Samsung

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• Account

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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