Samsung Devices TIGERF Trustlet information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Samsung Devices. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component TIGERF Trustlet. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-21478. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Samsung Devices (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component TIGERF Trustlet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper input validation vulnerability in TIGERF trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to access protected data.

The advisory is available at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-21478 since 11/14/2022. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25646). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / 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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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-2023-21478 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322282
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2025 07:31
Updated: 09/20/2025 09:20
Changes: 09/03/2025 07:31 (62), 09/03/2025 18:01 (1), 09/20/2025 09:20 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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