CVE-2023-42553 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper authorization verification vulnerability in Samsung Email prior to version 6.1.90.4 allows attackers to read sandbox data of email.

Published: 2023-11-07

Score: 4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Samsung Mobile

Samsung Email

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.1.90.4`	unaffected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:samsung:email:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46986	Improper authorization verification vulnerability in Samsung Email prior to version 6.1.90.4 allows attackers to read sandbox data of email.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00283.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Samsung Email

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Samsung Mobile

Published: 2023-11-07T07:49:52.365Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T15:30:26.309Z

Reserved: 2023-09-11T23:55:08.351Z

Link: CVE-2023-42553

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:23:39.826Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-07T08:15:23.367

Modified: 2025-03-06T16:15:43.477

Link: CVE-2023-42553

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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