CVE-2017-3218 Security feature bypass in Magician
Attackers can intercept update traffic due to missing TLS validation, potentially delivering malicious updates to Samsung Magician users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-3218?
CVE-2017-3218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Magician, published on 21 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Magician.
How do I fix CVE-2017-3218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-3218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Magician
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xpm-33wp-wg2w.