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CVE-2024-20856

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Secure Folder prior to SMR May-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to access Secure Folder without proper authentication in a specific scenario.

Affected products

• Samsung Android: 14.0, 14.0-smr-apr-2022-r1, 14.0-smr-apr-2023-r1, 14.0-smr-apr-2024-r1, 14.0-smr-aug-2022-r1, 14.0-smr-aug-2023-r1 (+25)

References

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2024&month=05
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2024&month=05

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