VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-21492
Samsung Mobile Devices Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File Vulnerability
KEVMEDIUM 4.4EPSS 2.55%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 June 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Kernel pointers are printed in the log file prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows a privileged local attacker to bypass ASLR.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.55% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 19 May 2023 · due 9 June 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- samsung/android
- Source
- mobile.security@samsung.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21492
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.