# CVE-2024-53921: Path traversal in n/a

> An attacker can create arbitrary folders in system directories via symbolic links during installation, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Low 2.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:R`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p9qr-rxpv-wm86

## What is CVE-2024-53921?

CVE-2024-53921 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 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 the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53921?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Magician.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-3218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3218/): Security feature bypass in Magician (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-57836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57836/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-23769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23769/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-31952](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31952/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-31953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31953/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53921 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53921 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-53921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53921/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53921
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53921
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53921

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53921/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.