Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets

Discussion in 'mobile device security' started by Malcontent, Mar 16, 2023.

  1. Malcontent

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    Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets
     
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    I work in a company where a lot of phones issued for workers or otherwise enrolled to EMM are vulnerable to those... VoLTE disable button is grayed out on a lot of them....
     
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    Wait a minute, so simply by making a phone call they could hack into a smartphone? But they don't explain what capabilities these hackers would then have, buy yes scary indeed. Apparently you are only vulnerable when WiFi calling and VoLTE are enabled.
     
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    Could someone please explain (to a non-smartphone user) what EMM and VoLTE are?
     
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    https://www.reviews.org/mobile/what-is-volte/
    https://www.computerworld.com/article/3230510/what-is-enterprise-mobility-management-emm.html
     
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    Any and all calls in 4G (and 5G NSA) are based on VoIP-like solutions: VoLTE, VoWifi. It doesn't matter if it is smartphone or feature/dumb phone with 4G capabilities.
    Disabling VoLTE in practical terms and most scenarios (except rarely used VoWifi) means that there is a need to fallback to older gen radio technology: 2G or 3G.

    EMM is not part of vulnerability. I just wanted to highlight that some of those smartphones have access to company resources, so it is a serious problem not only for private users.
     
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