Samsung Devices up to SMR Feb-2021 Release 1 Secure Folder access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Samsung Devices. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Secure Folder. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20894. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Samsung Devices and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Secure Folder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Secure Folder prior to SMR Jul-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to bypass authentication under certain condition. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20894 since 12/05/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version SMR Jul-2024 Release 1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Samsung

Name

• Devices

Version

• 7
• 8
• 9.0
• 10.0
• 11.0
• <=2017-11-03
• <=2020-04-02
• Go(8.1)
• Go(9.0)
• L
• L(5.1)
• L(5.x)
• M
• M(6.0)
• M(6.x)
• N
• N(7.0)
• N(7.1)
• N(7.x)
• O(8.0)
• O(8.1)
• O(8.X)
• O(8.x)
• P(9.0)
• P(9.x)
• Q(10.0)
• Q(10.x)
• R(11.0)
• SMR Feb-2021 Release 1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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