Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2016-1919

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1919 describes a weakness in Samsung KNOX 1.0 where a flawed eCryptFS key generation algorithm allows local users to potentially access sensitive information. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with low privileges and high attack complexity could achieve high confidentiality impact. While the EPSS score is low and there is no known exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability highlights a critical weakness in the platform's cryptographic implementation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samsung:knox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.openwall.net / bugtraq/2016/01/17/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135303/Samsung-KNOX-1.0-Weak-eCryptFS-Key-Generation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537319/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537340/100/0/threaded