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It holds READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION on the platform side, and defines or uses a long list of Samsung-specific permissions including com.samsung.cmh.data.READ and WRITE, com.samsung.android.providers.cmh.READ and WRITE, and com.samsung.android.providers.media.CMH, alongside start permissions for other Samsung services (com.samsung.faceservice.START, com.samsung.ipservice.START, com.samsung.lpservice.START and com.samsung.storyservice.START) and read and write permissions for Samsung Cloud (com.samsung.android.scloud.*). It also holds READ_CONTACTS, GET_ACCOUNTS_PRIVILEGED, READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE, INTERNET, FOREGROUND_SERVICE, WAKE_LOCK and RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, and has no launcher entry in our sample. That is the profile of a background content provider over on-device media that other Samsung apps and services query, rather than an app a user opens. Exactly which features depend on it, and what it sends anywhere, are not documented by Samsung and are not claimed here.\n\nVersion note: it has been carried and actively developed across many Android releases. Samsung's Common Criteria lists record version 3.1.80 on the Galaxy S7 LTE (Android 8), 5.0.71 on the Galaxy S20+ 5G (Android 10) and 6.1.22 on the Galaxy S21+ 5G (Android 11), while this database's sample runs from 7.0.65 to 12.0.14 with target SDKs from 30 to 37 and package sizes from roughly 380 KB to 4 MB. That is roughly one major version per Android release and a tenfold size range. Those are counts, not a description of behaviour: Samsung publishes no changelog, and whether the component's role changed across those releases, or only its implementation, could not be sourced. No observation in our sample is marked Play-eligible, so it ships and updates with firmware on the devices we have seen.\n\nFor Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk fleets we found no source identifying it as an enrolment, policy or compliance dependency. Two things are worth weighing. First, it is a privileged reader of every photo and video on the device that also holds contacts, accounts and network access, so on a privacy-sensitive deployment it belongs in the same conversation as the rest of the vendor media stack rather than being waved through. Second, and pulling the other way, a content provider that other Samsung components query is exactly the kind of thing that breaks other apps when it is removed. Because Samsung does not document which features depend on it, expect gallery, media search or media sync behaviour to be affected and confirm on a single device before applying it to a fleet.","safe_to_disable":"caution","sources":[{"title":"Galaxy S21+ 5G (SM-G996B, Android 11) Common Criteria mode application list - Samsung Knox Documentation","url":"https://docs.samsungknox.com/CCMode/G996B_5G_R.pdf"},{"title":"Galaxy S20+ 5G (SM-G986U1, Android 10) Common Criteria mode application list - Samsung Knox Documentation","url":"https://docs.samsungknox.com/CCMode/G986U1_Q.pdf"},{"title":"Galaxy S7 LTE (SM-G930R4, Android 8) Common Criteria mode application list - Samsung Knox Documentation","url":"https://docs.samsungknox.com/CCMode/G930R4_O.pdf"},{"title":"Package provenance for com.samsung.cmh - Android System App 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