CVE-2023-42548 (GCVE-0-2023-42548)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-07 07:49
Modified
2025-06-11 14:35
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Summary
Use of implicit intent for sensitive communication vulnerability in startMandatoryCheckActivity in Samsung Account prior to version 14.5.00.7 allows attackers to access arbitrary file with Samsung Account privilege.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Samsung Mobile Samsung Account Create a notification for this product.
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