CERT-In Vulnerability Note
CIVN-2023-0360
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samsung Products
Original Issue Date:December 13, 2023
Severity Rating: HIGH
Software Affected
- Samsung Mobile Android versions 11, 12, 13, 14
Overview
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Samsung products which could allow an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions, access sensitive information and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Description
These vulnerabilities exist due to improper access control flaw in KnoxCustomManagerService and SmartManagerCN component, integer overflow vulnerability in facepreprocessing library; improper authorization verification vulnerability in AR Emoji, improper exception management vulnerability in Knox Guard, various out of bounds write vulnerabilities in bootloader, HDCP in HAL, libIfaaCa and libsavsac.so components, improper size check vulnerability in softsimd, improper input validation vulnerability in Smart Clip and implicit intent hijacking vulnerability in contacts.
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to trigger heap overflow and stack-based buffer overflow, access device SIM PIN, send broadcast with elevated privilege, read sandbox data of AR Emoji, bypass Knox Guard lock via changing system time, access arbitrary files, gain access to sensitive information, execute arbitrary code and compromise the targeted system.
Solution
Apply appropriate security updates as mentioned by vendor in security advisory:
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Vendor Information
Samsung
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
References
Samsung
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
CVE Name
CVE-2023-42570
CVE-2023-42564
CVE-2023-42563
CVE-2023-42562
CVE-2023-42569
CVE-2023-42561
CVE-2023-42568
CVE-2023-42560
CVE-2023-42559
CVE-2023-42558
CVE-2023-42557
CVE-2023-42567
CVE-2023-42566
CVE-2023-42565
CVE-2023-42556
Disclaimer
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Contact Information
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Postal address
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Government of India
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India
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