CVE-2025-21016
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android...
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
- Record
CVE-2025-21016- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-23774
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
- Record
EUVD-2025-23774- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-499c-pwhc-q8hp
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android...
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
- Record
GHSA-499c-pwhc-q8hp- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in PkgPredictorService prior to SMR Aug-2025 Release 1 in Chinese Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
- Record
CVE-2025-21016- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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-2025-21016 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Samsung Mobile Devices, published August 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.