What is CVE-2016-1919?

CVE-2016-1919 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-1919?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Samsung Knox

CVE-2016-1919

Samsung KNOX 1.0 uses a weak eCryptFS Key generation algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging knowledge of the TIMA key and a brute-force attack.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Knox

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135303/Samsung-KNOX-1.0-Weak-eCryptFS-Key-Generat… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537319/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
lists.openwall.net/bugtraq/2016/01/17/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537340/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1919?: CVE-2016-1919 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-1919?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.