# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7xpm-33wp-wg2w

## 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 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity), CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data), CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3218?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2025-57836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57836/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-23769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23769/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-31952](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31952/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-31953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31953/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-36071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36071/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Magician. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3218/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.