CVE-2021-25442
Published: 08 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25442 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Samsung Knox Cloud Services. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-12338
Vulnerability details
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Documented procedures ensure personnel are trained on authentication mechanisms, tangibly lowering the risk of improper authentication being exploited.
Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.
Review helps detect improper privilege management by flagging unauthorized privilege changes or uses.
System recovery re-establishes trusted authentication processes following a compromise.
Centralized privilege assignment and oversight prevent ad-hoc or excessive privilege grants that occur when each system is configured independently.
Security-conscious enterprise architecture mandates authentication mechanisms and identity management at scale, mitigating improper authentication.
Documented procedures for role definition, privilege assignment, and removal provide the management framework that prevents improper privilege management.
Revoking authenticators and credentials eliminates the ability of terminated individuals to authenticate using prior mechanisms.