What is CVE-2021-25442?

CVE-2021-25442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox Cloud Services, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-25442?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Samsung Knox Cloud Services

CVE-2021-25442

Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Knox_cloud_services
Samsung Mobile Knox Enrollment

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25442?: CVE-2021-25442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Knox Cloud Services, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-25442?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.