CVE-2022-30736
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper privilege management vulnerability in Samsung Account prior to 13.2.00.6 allows attackers to get the data of contact and gallery without permission.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceImproper privilege management in Samsung Account versions prior to 13.2.00.6 allows the application to access contact and gallery data without requesting or validating proper user permissions, enabling unauthorized data exfiltration.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 13.2.00.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Samsung Account applicationOpen device Settings > Apps > Apps, then search for or locate 'Samsung Account' in the installed applications listAffected if Samsung Account app is present on the device
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Retrieve installed version numberIn Settings > Apps > Samsung Account, tap on 'App info' or 'About' to view the installed version (displayed as something like 13.1.00.5)Affected if The version number cannot be retrieved or is not displayed
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Compare against vulnerable version rangeCompare the displayed version to 13.2.00.6 - any version lower than 13.2.00.6 falls within the affected rangeAffected if Installed version is less than 13.2.00.6 (for example: 13.2.00.5, 13.1.00.9, 12.5.00.3)
The device is affected if Samsung Account is installed and the installed version is lower than 13.2.00.6
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped13.2.00.6
Update Samsung Account to version 13.2.00.6 or later via the Galaxy Store or Google Play Store to obtain the vendor patch that enforces proper permission checks for contact and gallery access.
Samsung Account version 13.2.00.6 or later
- 1. Open the Samsung Account app on your Samsung device
- 2. Navigate to Settings or the profile section
- 3. Check the current version of Samsung Account
- 4. If the version is below 13.2.00.6, open the Samsung Galaxy Store or Google Play Store
- 5. Search for Samsung Account and update to version 13.2.00.6 or later
- 6. Verify the update was successful by checking the version again in the app settings
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-30736 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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