CVE-2020-25047 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can bypass password protection in the Samsung S Secure application on specific devices, accessing locked apps without authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-25047?
CVE-2020-25047 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 31 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) (released in China and India) software. The S Secure application does not enforce the intended password requirement for a locked application. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2020-16746, SVE-2020-16764 (August 2020).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25047?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25047?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25047 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2020-25047 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25047 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w3x9-39hr-xx2v.