Samsung Galaxy Store up to 4.5.71.8 authentication bypass

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Samsung Galaxy Store. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authentication bypass. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-20895. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Galaxy Store. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path in Galaxy Store prior to version 4.5.87.6 allows physical attackers to install arbitrary applications to bypass restrictions of Setupwizard.

The advisory is available at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-20895 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 4.5.87.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 4.6
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CNA Base Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication bypass
CWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Galaxy Store 4.5.87.6

Timelineinfo

11/06/2024 🔍
02/04/2025 +90 days 🔍
02/04/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2025 +163 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20895 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20895
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294590

Entryinfo

Created: 02/04/2025 09:47 AM
Updated: 07/17/2025 10:30 PM
Changes: 02/04/2025 09:47 AM (29), 02/04/2025 09:50 AM (35), 07/17/2025 10:30 PM (12)
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Committer: mitr
Cache ID: 244:761:40

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