VDB-303809 · CVE-2025-20946 · GCVE-0-2025-20946

Samsung Devices Galaxy Watch Bluetooth Pairing privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Samsung Devices. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Galaxy Watch Bluetooth Pairing. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20946. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Galaxy Watch Bluetooth Pairing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in pairing specific bluetooth devices in Galaxy Watch Bluetooth pairing prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to pair with specific bluetooth devices without user interaction.

The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20946 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Samsung

Name

Devices

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (SamsungMobile): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/06/2024 🔍
04/08/2025 +152 days 🔍
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04/08/2025 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303809

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2025 12:45
Updated: 04/08/2025 15:39
Changes: 04/08/2025 12:45 (61), 04/08/2025 15:39 (1)
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