Samsung Devices ThemeManager privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component ThemeManager. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20985. 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 critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ThemeManager. 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 privilege management in ThemeManager prior to SMR Jun-2025 Release 1 allows local privileged attackers to reuse trial items.

The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20985 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16835). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

11/06/2024 🔍
06/04/2025 +209 days 🔍
06/04/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/11/2026 +252 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311057
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2025 07:53
Updated: 02/11/2026 01:45
Changes: 06/04/2025 07:53 (61), 06/04/2025 10:39 (1), 02/11/2026 01:45 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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