Local data access via incorrect default permissions
Published Jun 4, 2025 · Updated Jun 4, 2025
Incorrect default permissions in Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Jun-2025 Release 1 allow local users to access Galaxy Watch cloud data. Samsung identifies the locus only as Samsung Cloud for Galaxy Watch and does not disclose which permission is misassigned or which operation exposes the data. The attacker needs local execution on an Android Watch 14 device, with no prior privileges or user interaction; the public record does not identify the exposed data.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Jun-2025 Release 1 allow local users to access Galaxy Watch cloud data. Samsung identifies the locus only as Samsung Cloud for Galaxy Watch and does not disclose which permission is misassigned or which operation exposes the data. The attacker needs local execution on an Android Watch 14 device, with no prior privileges or user interaction; the public record does not identify the exposed data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20984
- Published
- Jun 4, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Samsung Mobile Devices
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1530
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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