Samsung Mobile Devices Vulnerability: Factory Reset Protection Bypass via SIM Card Blocking

CVE-2019-20557 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) via a SIM card by blocking the PUK code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15262 (October 2019).

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