VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-57836

The installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.13%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 6.3.0 through 8.3.2 on Windows. The installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-427
Affected: samsung/magician
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/Vendor Advisory
https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2025-57836/Vendor Advisory

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