Local data access via exported Android component
Published Jan 4, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Improper component access control in Samsung Electronics Nearby Device Scanning before 11.1.14.7 allows local users to access data. An exported Android application component exposes data without enforcing the access control expected at its entry point. Reachability is local to an affected Galaxy device; Samsung has not identified the exposed component or the accessible data.
Summary
What happened
Improper component access control in Samsung Electronics Nearby Device Scanning before 11.1.14.7 allows local users to access data. An exported Android application component exposes data without enforcing the access control expected at its entry point. Reachability is local to an affected Galaxy device; Samsung has not identified the exposed component or the accessible data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20808
- Published
- Jan 4, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics
- Product
- Nearby Device Scanning
- Classifications
- CWE-926, T1409
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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