CVE-2021-25337 in Google and Samsung Products
Published on March 4, 2021
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Access Control Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Samsung mobile devices contain an improper access control vulnerability in clipboard service which allows untrusted applications to read or write arbitrary files. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2021-25369 and CVE-2021-25370.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by November 29, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-25337 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-25337
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Affected Versions
Samsung Mobile Devices:- Version Selected P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0) and below SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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