CVE-2023-42531 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2023-42531?

CVE-2023-42531 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 7 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper access control vulnerability in SmsController prior to SMR Nov-2023 Release1 allows local attackers to bypass restrictions on starting activities from the background.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42531?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-42531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5cwm-xw7v-fmp2.