What is CVE-2017-10963?

CVE-2017-10963 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox Enterprise Mobility Management, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-10963?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Knox Enterprise Mobility Management

CVE-2017-10963

In Knox SDS IAM (Identity Access Management) and EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management) 16.11 on Samsung mobile devices, a man-in-the-middle attacker can install any application into the Knox container (without the user's knowledge) by inspecting network traffic from a Samsung server and injecting content at a certain point in the update sequence. This installed application can further leak information stored inside the Knox container to the outside world.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Knox_enterprise_mobility_management — versions 16.11
Samsung Knox_identity_access_management — versions 16.11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10963?: CVE-2017-10963 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox Enterprise Mobility Management, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-10963?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.