CVE-2017-10963

low-risk
Published 2018-02-20

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.26% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Knox Enterprise Mobility Management
Knox Identity Access Management

Affected Vendors

Samsung

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://gist.github.com/e96e02/12ce905e3b724954273dd7d543a968f1
Third Party Advisory https://www.lgsinnovations.com/lgs-innovations-discovers-samsung-mobile-product-...
Third Party Advisory https://gist.github.com/e96e02/12ce905e3b724954273dd7d543a968f1
Third Party Advisory https://www.lgsinnovations.com/lgs-innovations-discovers-samsung-mobile-product-...
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low