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CVE-2023-21518

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21518 is an improper access control vulnerability affecting the Samsung SearchWidget, specifically in China models prior to version 3.3. This flaw allows untrusted applications to initiate arbitrary activities, posing a significant risk. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it indicates a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in common frameworks like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samsung:searchwidget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.samsungmobile.com / serviceWeb.smsb
Vendor Advisory