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FKIE_CVE-2025-20997

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-08 11:15 - Updated: 2026-01-20 15:09

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

Incorrect default permission in Framework for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to reset some configuration of Galaxy Watch.

References

	URL	Tags
	mobile.security@samsung.com	https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2025&month=07	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
samsung	wear_os	5.0
samsung	galaxy_watch	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_4	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_4_classic	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_5	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_5_pro	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_6	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_6_classic	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_7	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_fe	-
samsung	galaxy_watch_ultra	-

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CVE-2025-20997 (GCVE-0-2025-20997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-08 10:34 – Updated: 2025-07-11 13:30

Summary

Incorrect default permission in Framework for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to reset some configuration of Galaxy Watch.

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Assigner

SamsungMobile

References

URL

Tags

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Samsung Mobile	Samsung Mobile Devices	Unaffected: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2025-20997

CVE-2025-20997 (GCVE-0-2025-20997)

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