Phone-number disclosure via undisclosed access-control flaw
Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 11, 2025
Improper access control in SamsungAccount on Galaxy Watch before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local users to read the phone number. Samsung has not disclosed the affected interface or the missing authorization check; the bulletin states only that proper access control was added. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access to a watch running Android Watch 14, and the documented consequence is disclosure of its associated phone number.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in SamsungAccount on Galaxy Watch before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local users to read the phone number. Samsung has not disclosed the affected interface or the missing authorization check; the bulletin states only that proper access control was added. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access to a watch running Android Watch 14, and the documented consequence is disclosure of its associated phone number.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20998
- Published
- Jul 8, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Samsung Mobile Devices
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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