Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain physical access to Samsung device
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DeliveryOpen Samsung Contacts application
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ExploitSubmit crafted input to trigger validation flaw
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ExecutionBypass Android inter-profile data isolation
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ImpactRead contact records from secondary user profile
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Physical access to the Samsung device is required (confirmed by AV:P in the provided CVSS 4.0 vector) - remote or network-based exploitation is not possible. The vulnerability is specific to the Samsung Contacts application, so the app must be accessible on the device. Multiple Android user profiles must be configured on the device with contact data present in a non-primary profile, as the flaw is the exposure of cross-profile contact data; a single-profile device has no secondary data to expose. No authentication to the target profile is required (PR:N in CVSS 4.0). The primary limiting factors are: physical device possession, the presence of multiple user profiles, and the opportunity to interact with the Contacts application without the device owner's awareness. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N) yields a score of 6.7, accurately reflecting a high-confidentiality-impact flaw that nonetheless requires physical device presence - a major real-world limiter. No EPSS data was provided, and neither a CISA KEV listing nor a public POC exists at time of analysis, reinforcing that this is not currently a target of opportunistic or widespread exploitation. In enterprise shared-device environments - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in malbork managing a fleet of Samsung devices with per-employee profiles - this vulnerability warrants prompt patching because an insider or visitor with brief physical access could harvest contacts from other user profiles without triggering authentication. However, for typical single-user consumer deployments, the multi-profile prerequisite reduces realistic exposure significantly. The absence of network reachability (AV:P) eliminates remote and automated exploitation entirely, placing this in the category of a real but targeted risk rather than a systemic one. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with brief physical access to an unattended Samsung device - for example during a meeting or at a shared workstation - opens the Samsung Contacts app and submits crafted input that bypasses profile isolation logic. The attacker is then able to read contact records (names, phone numbers, and associated metadata) belonging to a secondary user profile on the device, without requiring that profile's credentials. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis, so the precise interaction method is unconfirmed. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 10, 2026
Samsung Contacts on Samsung Mobile Devices prior to SMR Aug-2026 Release 1 exposes contact data across Android user profiles to an attacker with physical device access, due to improper input validation that fails to enforce inter-profile data isolation. The CVSS 4.0 vector confirms both the physical access prerequisite (AV:P) and the scope extension to a secondary user's data (SC:H), consistent with a profile boundary bypass in a multi-user Android environment. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to apply the August 2026 Samsung Security Maintenance Release (SMR Aug-2026 Release 1), which includes the patched version of Samsung Contacts. Users and administrators should navigate to Settings > Software Update on affected Samsung devices and install the available update. The vendor advisory is at https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2026&month=08. For environments where patching cannot be applied immediately, compensating controls include enforcing strict physical device security policies (locked storage, no unattended device access), disabling the use of secondary Android user profiles on sensitive or shared devices to eliminate the cross-profile data exposure entirely (trade-off: removes multi-user functionality), and ensuring strong device lock screen authentication to delay unauthorized physical interaction. Removing or disabling secondary user profiles is the most effective workaround when patching is delayed.
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Samsung Contacts is a pre-installed application on Samsung Mobile Devices (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:samsung_mobile:samsung_mobile_devices:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) that manages phonebook and contact records. Android natively supports multiple user profiles - such as a device owner, secondary user, and work profile - each with isolated data stores. The vulnerability involves improper input validation within Samsung Contacts that allows crafted interactions by a physically present attacker to cross the kernel-enforced profile boundary and read contact data belonging to a different user profile. The CVSS 4.0 SC:H metric (subsequent system confidentiality high) confirms that the data exposed belongs to a system or profile outside the attacker's own security domain. No CWE has been assigned, which limits root-cause classification - the class is most likely an access control or boundary validation failure, but this cannot be confirmed from available data.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Physical access required (AV:P), no authentication at Contacts level (PR:N), scope change (S:C) reflects cross-profile data access with high confidentiality impact; no integrity or availability impact applies.
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CVSS VectorVendor: SamsungMobile
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper input validation in Samsung Contacts prior to SMR Aug-2026 Release 1 allows physical attackers to access data across multiple user profiles.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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