CVE-2019-6744 — This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on a

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Samsung Knox 1.2.02.39 on Samsung Galaxy S9 build G9600ZHS3ARL1 Secure Folder. An attacker must first obtain physical access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerabili

01What is this vulnerability?

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Samsung Knox 1.2.02.39 on Samsung Galaxy S9 build G9600ZHS3ARL1 Secure Folder. An attacker must first obtain physical access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaws exists within the the handling of the lock screen for Secure Folder. The issue results from the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Samsung	Knox	1.2.02.39 on Samsung Galaxy S9 build G9600ZHS3ARL1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-02-10T19:15:38.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:31:04.254Z

09References

• security.samsungmobile.com — https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
• www.zerodayinitiative.com — https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-515/