CVE-2025-20990
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access device identifier.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access device identifier.
- Record
CVE-2025-20990- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-23781
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access device identifier.
- Record
EUVD-2025-23781- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fjjw-8wjh-pxjr
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access device identifier.
- Record
GHSA-fjjw-8wjh-pxjr- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in accessing system device node prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access device identifier.
- Record
CVE-2025-20990- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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-2025-20990 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Samsung Android, published August 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.