CVE-2025-20936
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers...
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.
- Record
CVE-2025-20936- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10085
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10085- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w3fg-4j37-7mcw
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers...
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.
- Record
GHSA-w3fg-4j37-7mcw- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.
- Record
CVE-2025-20936- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-20936 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Samsung Android, published April 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.