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CVE-2024-31952

Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes.

MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.)

CVSS 3.1: 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-59
Affected: samsung/magician
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-31952/Vendor Advisory
https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-31952/Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.