# CVE-2024-34599: Missing authorization in Tips

> A local attacker can exploit improper input validation in the Samsung Tips app to send broadcasts with elevated privileges, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 2 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvcr-w63w-w7j9

## What is CVE-2024-34599?

CVE-2024-34599 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Tips, published on 2 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper input validation in Tips prior to version 6.2.9.4 in Android 14 allows local attacker to send broadcast with Tips' privilege.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34599?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Tips.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34599?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34599 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34599 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34599 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34599 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Tips, published on 2 Jul 2024. 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-2024-34599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Mobile Tips. 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-2024-34599/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34599/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34599
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34599
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34599

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34599/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.