CVE-2020-25055

CRITICAL

Samsung Android O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0) - Incorrect Authorization in Persona Service

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The persona service allows attackers (who control an unprivileged SecureFolder process) to bypass admin restrictions in KnoxContainer. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18133 (August 2020).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0044

EPSS Percentile 35.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Products (4)

google/android 8.0

google/android 8.1

google/android 9.0

google/android 10.0

Published Aug 31, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026