CVE-2021-25442
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM...
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
- Record
CVE-2021-25442- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
- Record
CVE-2021-25442- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12338 No score
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12338- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j523-5388-rcgr No score
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM...
Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication.
- Record
GHSA-j523-5388-rcgr- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25442 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Samsung Knox Cloud Services, published July 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.