CVE-2017-3218 Security feature bypass in Magician

High 8.8 Published Updated

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.

Weakness: CWE-345, CWE-311, CWE-295

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xpm-33wp-wg2w.

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