🛡️ CVE-2023-42547 — account

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-42547 is classified as CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. A resource is made reachable from a context that should not have access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-42547 is recorded against 1 package.

• account (fixed in 14.5.00.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 November 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.samsungmobile.com
security.samsungmobile.com

Other advisories for this package

account has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-56165 (9.8 Critical, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-20994 (6.1 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-21264 (9.3 Critical, published 22 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-58487 (4.0 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-58486 (4.0 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-21076 (5.5 Medium, published 5 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2023-21481 (5.4 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2025-21396 (8.2 High, published 29 Jan 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere) in other software:

• CVE-2026-70606 (5.9 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-54727 (8.2 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54495 (published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59835 (8.6 High, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-32690 (2.0 Low, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-30187 (4.7 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-29905 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-53826 (4.3 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)

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