Improper access control vulnerability in ContactListUtils in Phone prior to SMR Dec-2022 Release 1 allows to access contact group informati…

published 2022-12-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-42340

cvss: 4.0; 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 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper access control vulnerability in ContactListUtils in Phone prior to SMR Dec-2022 Release 1 allows to access contact group information via implicit intent.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices SMR Dec-2022 Release 1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

security.samsungmobile.com /securityUpdate.smsb?year=2022&month=12
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-39895
NVD CVE-2022-39895

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Summary