CVE-2020-7811: Samsung Update Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

Samsung Update 3.0.2.0 ~ 3.0.32.0 has a vulnerability that allows privilege escalation as commands crafted by attacker are executed while the engine deserializes the data received during inter-process communication

Affected products

Samsung Mobile Samsung Update Setup: from 3.0.2.0 through 3.0.32.0

References

https://www.boho.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35708
https://www.boho.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35708

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