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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-21049

Improper access control in SecSettings prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access sensitive information.

Published Oct 10, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 10, 2025 · Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices

Last checked Nov 7, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-21049. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.14%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 15, 16

Improper access control in SecSettings prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access sensitive information. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 15, 16patch: SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 15, 16

How to fix CVE-2025-21049

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-21049. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 15, 16 patch: SMR Oct-2025 Release in Android 15, 16. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 10, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper access control in SecSettings prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access sensitive information. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

  2. Oct 10, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper access control in SecSettings prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access sensitive information. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-21049

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-21049

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-33682

    Improper access control in SecSettings prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access sensitive information. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 7, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 7, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026