# CVE-2024-49421: Path traversal in Quick Share Agent

> Adjacent attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Samsung Quick Share Agent to write files to arbitrary locations on the device.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p9xx-363j-2j36

## What is CVE-2024-49421?

CVE-2024-49421 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Quick Share Agent, published on 3 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Path traversal in Quick Share Agent prior to version 3.5.14.47 in Android 12, 3.5.19.41 in Android 13, and 3.5.19.42 in Android 14 allows adjacent attackers to write file in arbitrary location.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49421?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Quick Share.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49421?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49421 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Mobile Quick Share Agent

- [CVE-2023-42544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42544/): Missing authorization in Quick Share (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-39860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39860/): Information disclosure in QuickShare (medium 4.4)
- [CVE-2023-21462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21462/): Information disclosure in Quick Share Agent (medium 4.2)
- [CVE-2022-30745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30745/): Improper access control vulnerability in Quick Share prior to version 13.1.2.4 allows attacker to access internal files in Quick Share. (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49421 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49421 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Quick Share Agent, published on 3 Dec 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-2024-49421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Mobile Quick Share Agent. 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-2024-49421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49421/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49421
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49421
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49421

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49421/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.