CVE-2022-28778
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0...
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0 allows attacker to set the arbitrary folder as Secret Folder without Samsung Security Supporter permission
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0 allows attacker to set the arbitrary folder as Secret Folder without Samsung Security Supporter permission
- Record
CVE-2022-28778- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-33217
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0 allows attacker to set the arbitrary folder as Secret Folder without Samsung Security Supporter permission
- Record
EUVD-2022-33217- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7gpq-38wj-hv97
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0...
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0 allows attacker to set the arbitrary folder as Secret Folder without Samsung Security Supporter permission
- Record
GHSA-7gpq-38wj-hv97- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control vulnerability in Samsung Security Supporter prior to version 1.2.40.0 allows attacker to set the arbitrary folder as Secret Folder without Samsung Security Supporter permission
- Record
CVE-2022-28778- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-28778 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Samsung Security Supporter, published April 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.