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CVE-2016-1919
Samsung KNOX 1.0 uses a weak eCryptFS Key generation algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information by…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Samsung KNOX 1.0 uses a weak eCryptFS Key generation algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging knowledge of the TIMA key and a brute-force attack.
Timeline
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By mitre
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135303/Samsung-KNOX-1.0-Weak-eCryptFS-Key-Generation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20160116 [CVE-2016-1919] Weak eCryptFS Key generation from user password on KNOX 1.0 / Android 4.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20160116 Subject: [CVE-2016-1919] Weak eCryptFS Key generation from user password on KNOX 1.0 / Android 4.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20160119 Re: [CVE-2016-1919] Weak eCryptFS Key generation from user password on KNOX 1.0 / Android 4.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-3009 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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