CVE-2023-21444

Message decryption and command injection via weak cryptography

Published Feb 9, 2023 · Updated Mar 24, 2025

Improper cryptography in Samsung Flow for Windows before 4.9.14.0 allows adjacent attackers to decrypt messages or inject commands. Samsung identifies the affected locus only as Flow's message-protection implementation and has not disclosed the primitive, key handling, or protocol operation that fails. The attacker requires an adjacent network position; successful exploitation exposes protected message content or alters the command stream without authentication.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper cryptography in Samsung Flow for Windows before 4.9.14.0 allows adjacent attackers to decrypt messages or inject commands. Samsung identifies the affected locus only as Flow's message-protection implementation and has not disclosed the primitive, key handling, or protocol operation that fails. The attacker requires an adjacent network position; successful exploitation exposes protected message content or alters the command stream without authentication.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-21444
Published
Feb 9, 2023
Updated
Mar 24, 2025
Vendor
Samsung Electronics
Product
Samsung Flow
Classifications
CWE-326, T1557
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 9, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <4.9.14.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Samsung Electronics · Samsung Flowversion=unspecified <4.9.14.0

Published CVSS scores

8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5Samsung MobileCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-326Inadequate Encryption Strength
T1557Adversary-in-the-Middle

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