Unauthorized Bluetooth enablement via improper validation
Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 11, 2025
Improper privilege management in Bluetooth on Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to enable Bluetooth. Samsung states that Bluetooth lacks proper validation logic but does not disclose the affected function, request, or missing privilege check. Exploitation requires local execution on an Android 13, 14, or 15 device and changes Bluetooth state without reported data access or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Bluetooth on Samsung Mobile Devices before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to enable Bluetooth. Samsung states that Bluetooth lacks proper validation logic but does not disclose the affected function, request, or missing privilege check. Exploitation requires local execution on an Android 13, 14, or 15 device and changes Bluetooth state without reported data access or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-21000
- Published
- Jul 8, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Samsung Mobile Devices
- Classifications
- CWE-269
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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