CVE-2020-25047 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w3x9-39hr-xx2v.

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