Improper authorization vulnerability in Samsung Internet prior to version 18.0.4.14 allows physical attackers to add bookmarks in secret mo…

published 2022-10-07 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-42318

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper authorization vulnerability in Samsung Internet prior to version 18.0.4.14 allows physical attackers to add bookmarks in secret mode without user authentication.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Samsung Mobile Samsung Internet 18.0.4.14

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Samsung Mobile Samsung Internet

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

security.samsungmobile.com /serviceWeb.smsb?year=2022&month=10
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-39873
NVD CVE-2022-39873

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