Use of Implicit Intent for Sensitive Communication in Samsung Firewall application



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-42552
CWE-ID CWE-927
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Samsung Firewall
Mobile applications / Apps for mobile phones

Vendor Samsung

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use of Implicit Intent for Sensitive Communication

EUVDB-ID: #VU82886

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42552

CWE-ID: CWE-927 - Use of Implicit Intent for Sensitive Communication

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to implicit intent hijacking issue. A remote attacker can tamper the database of Firewall.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Samsung Firewall: before 12.1.00.24

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.samsungmobile.com/serviceWeb.smsb?year=2023&month=11


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to perform certain actions on the device.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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