Kaios
CVE-2023-33293
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Resource sphere isolation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access resources from an unintended security context by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement proper access controls, validate resource access permissions, use security boundaries.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CWE-668), which allows attackers to access resources from an unintended security context. An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. The binary /system/kaios/api-daemon exposes a local web server on *.localhost with subdomains for each installed applications, e.g., myapp.localhost. An attacker can make fetch requests to api-deamon to determine if a given app is installed and read the manifest.webmanifest contents, including the app version. Affected products include: Kaiostech Kaios.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. The binary /system/kaios/api-daemon exposes a local web server on *.localhost with subdomains for each installed applications, e.g., myapp.localhost. An attacker can make fetch requests to api-deamon to determine if a given app is installed and read the manifest.webmanifest contents, including the app version.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 before 3.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely expl
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An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no a
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