Samsung Devices insufficient permissions or privileges
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Samsung Devices. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-21029. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Samsung Devices (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:
Improper handling of insufficient permission in System UI prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to send arbitrary replies to messages from the cover display.
The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-21029 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation appears 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.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
Vendor
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License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 4.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Insufficient permissions or privilegesCWE: CWE-280 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/06/2024 CVE reserved09/03/2025 Advisory disclosed
09/03/2025 VulDB entry created
09/12/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: samsung.comAdvisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-21029 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322300
Entry
Created: 09/03/2025 10:03Updated: 09/12/2025 03:40
Changes: 09/03/2025 10:03 (61), 09/12/2025 03:40 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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