Samsung Email up to 6.1.90.16 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Email. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20867. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Samsung Email and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Samsung Email prior to version 6.1.91.14 allows local attackers to access sensitive information.

It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20867 since 12/05/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.1.91.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Email 6.1.91.14

Timelineinfo

12/05/2023 🔍
05/07/2024 +153 days 🔍
05/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2025 +436 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20867 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20867
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263299

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2024 06:54
Updated: 07/17/2025 07:03
Changes: 05/07/2024 06:54 (61), 07/17/2025 07:03 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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