CVE-2023-30720 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2023-30720?

CVE-2023-30720 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 6 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

PendingIntent hijacking in LmsAssemblyTrackerCTC prior to SMR Sep-2023 Release 1 allows local attacker to gain arbitrary file access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30720?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-30720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-30720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vrcg-wfmf-62mj.