Samsung Devices ClipboardService insufficient permissions or privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Samsung Devices. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ClipboardService. Such manipulation leads to insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20947. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component ClipboardService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper handling of insufficient permission or privileges in ClipboardService prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access image files across multiple users. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-20947 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

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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Class: Insufficient permissions or privileges
CWE: CWE-280 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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11/06/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303812

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2025 12:48
Updated: 04/08/2025 15:39
Changes: 04/08/2025 12:48 (60), 04/08/2025 15:39 (1)
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