Documentation - V-276646

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Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevent application processes and groups of application processes from accessing all data stored by other application processes and groups of application processes.

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<VulnDiscussion>App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing also poses a significant risk that unauthorized users or apps will obtain access to DOD sensitive information. To mitigate this risk, there are data sharing restrictions, primarily from sharing data from personal (unmanaged) apps and work (managed) apps. If a user is allowed to make exceptions to the data sharing restriction policy, the user could enable unau...

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Configure the Samsung Android devices to enable an access control policy that prevents application processes and groups of application processes from accessing all data stored by other application processes and groups of application processes. On the management tool, in the Work profile restrictions section, set "Cross profile copy/paste" to "Disallow". API: addUserRestriction, DISALLOW_CROSS_PROFILE_COPY_PASTE