Local Privilege Escalation via Improper Access Control in Qualcomm HDCP Trustlet
CVE-2025-20936 Published on April 8, 2025

Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-20936 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2025-20936

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Samsung Mobile Devices
 

Affected Versions

Samsung Mobile Devices Version SMR Apr-2025 Release in Select Android 13, 14, 15 devices is unaffected by CVE-2025-20936

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.06%
Percentile
18.11%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.