CVE-2024-34607
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 access control in SamsungNotesService prior to SMR Aug-2024 Release 1 allows local attackers to bypass restrictions on starting services from the background.
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 access control in SamsungNotesService allows local attackers to bypass Android's restrictions on starting services from the background, potentially enabling unauthorized service initiation or privilege escalation on affected Samsung devices running versions prior to the SMR August 2024 Release 1.
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= 12.0= 13.0= 14.0CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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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Identify your Samsung device modelGo to Settings > About Phone > Model Number to determine if you have a Samsung Galaxy deviceAffected if Device is not a Samsung Galaxy device (this CVE affects only Samsung devices)
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Check your Android versionGo to Settings > About Phone > Android Version. Verify if the version is 12.0, 13.0, or 14.0Affected if Android version is 12.0, 13.0, or 14.0 (these are the affected versions)
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Check the Samsung security patch level (SMR)Go to Settings > About Phone > Software Information > Security Patch Level. The SMR date is displayed (format: YYYY-MM-01). Compare this date to August 2024Affected if Security Patch Level shows a date before August 2024 (for example, July 2024 or earlier SMR) and the Android version is 12.0, 13.0, or 14.0
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Verify SamsungNotesService existsUse ADB or a file explorer app to check for the presence of the SamsungNotesService component in system apps. The exact path varies by device, but it is typically found within the Samsung Notes application packageAffected if Samsung Notes app is installed and the device meets the affected version criteria above
You are affected if you have a Samsung Galaxy device running Android 12.0, 13.0, or 14.0 with a Security Patch Level dated before August 2024.
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 · scopedApply the Samsung SMR Aug-2024 Release 1 or later security update to affected Galaxy devices to patch the SamsungNotesService access control vulnerability.
SMR Aug-2024 Release 1 (Android 12.0, 13.0, 14.0 security update)
- Open Settings on your Samsung device
- Navigate to Software update
- Tap Download and install to check for available updates
- Ensure the device is updated to the August 2024 security patch level (SMR Aug-2024 Release 1)
- Alternatively, check for updates by going to Settings > About phone > Software information and verify the Security patch level shows August 2024
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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-2024-34607 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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