CVE-2025-21048

Arbitrary code execution via relative path traversal

Published Oct 10, 2025 · Updated Oct 10, 2025

Relative path traversal in Samsung Knox Enterprise before SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Samsung identifies Knox Enterprise as the affected component but does not disclose the path-handling routine or untrusted pathname source; the fix adds unspecified validation logic. Exploitation requires high local privileges on a Samsung device running Android 13 through 16, and successful exploitation executes code on that device.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Relative path traversal in Samsung Knox Enterprise before SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Samsung identifies Knox Enterprise as the affected component but does not disclose the path-handling routine or untrusted pathname source; the fix adds unspecified validation logic. Exploitation requires high local privileges on a Samsung device running Android 13 through 16, and successful exploitation executes code on that device.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-21048
Published
Oct 10, 2025
Updated
Oct 10, 2025
Vendor
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Product
Samsung Mobile Devices
Classifications
CWE-22
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · Samsung Mobile DevicesAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

6.7Samsung MobileCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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