# CVE-2023-30672: Path traversal in Samsung Smart Switch

> Attackers can cause permanent denial of service in Samsung Smart Switch for Windows via directory junction exploitation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 6 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c89-hmqm-65h7

## What is CVE-2023-30672?

CVE-2023-30672 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Smart Switch, published on 6 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Samsung Smart Switch for Windows Installer prior to version 4.3.23043_3 allows attackers to cause permanent DoS via directory junction.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30672?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Smart Switch Pc.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-30672?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-30672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Smart Switch

- [CVE-2022-39846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39846/): Other in Smart Switch PC (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2022-27842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27842/): Other in Smart Switch PC (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2023-30673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30673/): Path traversal in Smart Switch PC (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-39844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39844/): Path traversal in Smart Switch PC (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-30672 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-30672 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Smart Switch, published on 6 Jul 2023. 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-2023-30672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Smart Switch. 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-2023-30672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30672/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30672
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30672
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30672

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30672/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.