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CVE-2021-25356

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An improper caller check vulnerability in Managed Provisioning prior to SMR APR-2021 Release 1 allows unprivileged application to install arbitrary application, grant device admin permission and then delete several installed application.

Affected products

• Android: 8.1, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0

References

• https://blog.oversecured.com/Two-weeks-of-securing-Samsung-devices-Part-1/
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
• https://blog.oversecured.com/Two-weeks-of-securing-Samsung-devices-Part-1/
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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