Samsung Devices Telephony access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Telephony. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-21468. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Telephony. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper access control vulnerability in Telephony prior to SMR Apr-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to access files with escalated permission.

It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21468 since 11/14/2022. The exploitation is known 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25636) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-0841). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Samsung Exynos
  • Samsung Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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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: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 CVE reserved
09/03/2025 +1023 days Advisory disclosed
09/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/20/2025 +17 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21468 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322271
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2023-0841 - Samsung Android und Samsung Exynos: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2025 07:27
Updated: 09/20/2025 18:38
Changes: 09/03/2025 07:27 (62), 09/04/2025 03:34 (7), 09/20/2025 09:20 (11), 09/20/2025 18:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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