CVE-2025-20978
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access...
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access files with PENUP privilege.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access files with PENUP privilege.
- Record
CVE-2025-20978- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-13681
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access files with PENUP privilege.
- Record
EUVD-2025-13681- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97ff-chjc-r365
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access...
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access files with PENUP privilege.
- Record
GHSA-97ff-chjc-r365- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in PENUP prior to version 3.9.19.32 allows local attackers to access files with PENUP privilege.
- Record
CVE-2025-20978- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - 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-2025-20978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Samsung Mobile Penup, published May 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.