What is CVE-2016-3996?

CVE-2016-3996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-3996?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-3996 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Samsung Knox

CVE-2016-3996

ClipboardDataMgr in Samsung KNOX 1.0.0 and 2.3.0 does not properly check the caller, which allows local users to read KNOX clipboard data via a crafted application.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.012 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Knox — versions 1.0, 2.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3996?: CVE-2016-3996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-3996?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-3996 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.