Security Resilience

CVE-2023-41818

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 5.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0015 4th percentile
Risk Priority 37 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-41818 is a medium-severity Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control (CWE-921) vulnerability in Motorola Device Help (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked at the 4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An improper use of the SD card for sensitive data vulnerability was reported in the Motorola Device Help application that could allow a local attacker to read system logs. 

CWE(s)
CWE-921

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control
Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.
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T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
attack.mitre.org →
T1014 Rootkit Stealth
Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2023-2665Shared CWE-921
CVE-2023-41965Shared CWE-921
CVE-2024-9334Shared CWE-921
CVE-2024-5206Shared CWE-921

Affected Assets

Motorola
Device Help
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 1 hardening rule · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

AC-3 directly requires enforcement of access authorizations on system resources including stored data, structurally eliminating storage without access control.

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest good match

SC-28 mandates protection of information at rest, which is achieved in part by applying access controls to the storage mechanism.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege restricts which users or processes can access stored sensitive data, reducing the set of entities that could reach unprotected storage.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 partial match
blocks

Defining and enforcing access permissions on storage directly prevents the weakness.

PR.DS-01 partial match
blocks

Protecting data-at-rest typically requires access controls or encryption on storage mechanisms.

PR.IR-01 partial match
blocks

Logical access protections on environments can reduce exposure of uncontrolled storage.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.12 Classification of information partial match
degrades

Classification identifies sensitive data that must not be stored without access controls.

A.5.15 Access control partial match
blocks

Access control policy directly requires protection of sensitive data wherever it is stored.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match
blocks

Granting and reviewing access rights prevents unauthorized access to sensitive data on storage media.

A.7.10 Storage media partial match
degrades

Storage-media controls mandate physical and logical protection of media holding sensitive information.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
removes
A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
removes

References