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CVE-2016-3996
ClipboardDataMgr in Samsung KNOX 1.0.0 and 2.3.0 does not properly check the caller, which allows local users to read KNOX clipboard data…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ClipboardDataMgr in Samsung KNOX 1.0.0 and 2.3.0 does not properly check the caller, which allows local users to read KNOX clipboard data via a crafted application.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 months later
· 10 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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% 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 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136710/KNOX-2.3-Clipboard-Data-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20160416 [CVE-2016-3996]KNOX clipboard data disclosure KNOX 1.0 - KNOX 2.3 / Android (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-2016-5005 (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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