CVE-2024-31952 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker with user privileges can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes during Samsung Magician installation on macOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-31952?
CVE-2024-31952 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2024. 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
An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes. (The attacker must already have user privileges, and an administrator password must be entered during the program installation stage for privilege escalation.)
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31952?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Magician.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31952?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31952 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-2024-31952 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31952 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2m8-5vfj-r2jj.