CVE-2016-1919

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Samsung KNOX 1.0 uses a weak eCryptFS Key generation algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging knowledge of the TIMA key and a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Samsung Knox: through 1.0

References

http://lists.openwall.net/bugtraq/2016/01/17/2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135303/Samsung-KNOX-1.0-Weak-eCryptFS-Key-Generation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537319/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537340/100/0/threaded
http://lists.openwall.net/bugtraq/2016/01/17/2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135303/Samsung-KNOX-1.0-Weak-eCryptFS-Key-Generation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537319/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537340/100/0/threaded

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