Relative Path Traversal in Samsung Knox Enterprise Enables Local Code Execution
CVE-2025-21048 Published on October 10, 2025

Relative path traversal in Knox Enterprise prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-21048 is exploitable with local system access, and requires 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:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2025-21048

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Affected Versions

Samsung Mobile Devices Version SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 13, 14, 15, 16 is unaffected by CVE-2025-21048

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
4.19%

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.