Privilege escalation in Samsung Recovery

CVE-2022-27840

Improper access control vulnerability in SamsungRecovery prior to version 8.1.43.0 allows local attckers to delete arbitrary files as SamsungRecovery permission.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-27840: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27840?
CVE-2022-27840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Recovery, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-27840?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-27840 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.