Improper authentication vulnerability in AppLock prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows physical attacker to access Chrome locked by AppLoc…

published 2022-08-05 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-36759

cvss: 2.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper authentication vulnerability in AppLock prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows physical attacker to access Chrome locked by AppLock via new tap shortcut.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices SMR Aug-2022 Release 1

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	2.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

security.samsungmobile.com /securityUpdate.smsb?year=2022&month=08
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-33720
NVD CVE-2022-33720

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Summary