Zero-day vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Firmware

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVE-2021-25337

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2021030514 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Samsung Mobile Firmware

Vulnerable component: Samsung Mobile Firmware

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25337

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Description:

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in clipboard service. A local application can use the clipboard service to read and write arbitrary files on the device.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-very-powerful-clipboard-samsung-in-the-wild-exploit-chain.html

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.