The government issued a high-risk warning to Samsung users.

 

The notice identified major security flaws in Samsung Mobile Android versions 11, 12, 13, and 14.

 

On December 13, the Indian government's security advice from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a warning about several vulnerabilities in Samsung phones. The notice identified major security flaws in Samsung Mobile Android versions 11, 12, 13, and 14.

"Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Samsung products that could allow an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system," the warning said.

These flaws could allow hackers to circumvent security measures, access sensitive data, and execute arbitrary code on targeted systems. Because of authorisation issues with the AR Emoji app and poor access control in Konox features, attackers would be able to compromise the device SIM PIN, bypass Knox Guard, and access AR Emoji sandbox data, among other things. The danger to users is multifaceted. Hackers might take control of the phone, steal personal information, view private AR Emoji files, and issue commands to the phone.

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The warning urged Samsung customers to take immediate measures to mitigate these risks. Users were strongly encouraged to install the security upgrades.

However, Samsung Security did address the concern via a statement on the site, stating that it has announced a release of security firmware along with Google's Android patch in the impending December update.

"As part of the monthly Security Maintenance Release (SMR) process, Samsung Mobile is releasing a maintenance release for major flagship models." "Google and Samsung patches are included in this SMR package," it said.