CVE-2021-25369

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-11-08

Actively exploited. CVE-2021-25369 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-11-08) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Samsung mobile devices using Mali GPU contains an improper access control vulnerability in sec_log file. Exploitation of the vulnerability exposes sensitive kernel information to the userspace. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2021-25337 and CVE-2021-25370.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: SamsungOther

What: Samsung mobile devices using Mali GPU contain an improper access control vulnerability exposing sensitive kernel information.
Who is affected: Users of Samsung mobile devices with Mali GPU.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest firmware provided by Samsung.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 62% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25369: Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Access Control Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-11-08

External references

NVD record for CVE-2021-25369

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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