PT-2020-14507 · Samsung · Knox Ai+1

Published 2020-07-07 · Updated 2020-07-10 · CVE-2020-15579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) through Q(10.0)

Description An issue allows attackers to bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) via the KNOX API. This enables unauthorized access to the device.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) through Q(10.0), as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the KNOX API until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-15579

Affected Products

Knox Ai

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15579 · Security Note
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4923 · Telegram Post