CVE-2019-16256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Some Samsung devices include the SIMalliance Toolbox Browser (aka S@T Browser) on the UICC, which might allow remote attackers to retrieve location and IMEI information, or retrieve other data or execute certain commands, via SIM Toolkit (STK) instructions in an SMS message, aka Simjacker.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

The EPSS score is 0.5499.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Samsung	Samsung Samsung Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:samsung:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.adaptivemobile.com/blog/simjacker-next-generation-spying-over-mobile
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16256

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-12T12:56:18.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:30.632Z

Reserved: 2019-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-16256

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.635Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-12T13:15:10.327

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:16:36.200

Link: CVE-2019-16256

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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