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.

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

EPSS: 0.002 (8.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

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.