CVE-2020-25280 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2020-25280?

CVE-2020-25280 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Sep 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 Q(10.0) (Exynos and MediaTek chipsets) software. Unauthenticated attackers can execute LTE/5G commands by sending a debugging command over USB. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16979 (September 2020).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25280?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-25280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-h338-j65w-58xw.