CVE-2024-31952
Samsung Magician Privilege Escalation symlink Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes. (The attacker must already have user privileges, and an administrator password must be entered during the program installation stage for privilege escalation.)
INFO
Published Date :
May 14, 2024, 3:26 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:14 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-31952 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-31952/ -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 06, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-59 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes. (The attacker must already have user privileges, and an administrator password must be entered during the program installation stage for privilege escalation.) Added Reference MITRE https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-31952/ [No types assigned] Added CVSS V3.1 MITRE AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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