CVE-2023-21440
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1...
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to take a screen capture.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to take a screen capture.
- Record
CVE-2023-21440- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25608
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to take a screen capture.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25608- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5qpj-qfq5-r2h7
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1...
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to take a screen capture.
- Record
GHSA-5qpj-qfq5-r2h7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control vulnerability in WindowManagerService prior to SMR Feb-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to take a screen capture.
- Record
CVE-2023-21440- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285, CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21440 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Samsung Android, published February 9, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.