6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-4641
Samsung Galaxy S4/S4 Mini/S5/S6 SwiftKey Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the skslm.swiftkey.net domain name and providing a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a ZIP archive, as demonstrated by a traversal to the /data/dalvik-cache directory.

INFO

Published Date :

June 19, 2015, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-4641 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Samsung galaxy_s6
2 Samsung galaxy_s5
3 Samsung galaxy_s4
4 Samsung galaxy_s4_mini
1 Swiftkey swiftkey_sdk

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-4641 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-4641 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75353 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:swiftkey:swiftkey_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4_mini:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412 US Govt Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412 Advisory, US Govt Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/ No Types Assigned https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/ Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/ No Types Assigned http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/ Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/ No Types Assigned https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/ Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/ No Types Assigned https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/ Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.70 }} 0.06%

score

0.80688

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability