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CVE-2023-21461

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Improper authorization vulnerability in AutoPowerOnOffConfirmDialog in Settings prior to SMR Mar-2023 Release 1 allows local attacker to turn device off via unprotected activity.

Affected products

• Samsung Android: 11.0, 11.0-smr-apr-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-apr-2022-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2022-r1, 11.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (+42)

References

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=03
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=03

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