CVE-2016-3996
ClipboardDataMgr in Samsung KNOX 1.0.0 and 2.3.0 does not properly check the caller, which allows...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-3996- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-3996- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5005 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5005- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-65c2-q87w-94qp
ClipboardDataMgr in Samsung KNOX 1.0.0 and 2.3.0 does not properly check the caller, which allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-65c2-q87w-94qp- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-3996 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Samsung Knox, published January 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.