# CVE-2025-57836: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A non-admin user can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking due to weak permissions in a temporary folder created by the Samsung Magician installer.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcvq-gwcq-gwhf

## What is CVE-2025-57836?

CVE-2025-57836 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 6.3.0 through 8.3.2 on Windows. The installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57836?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Magician.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-57836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-57836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57836 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-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)
- [CVE-2024-36071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36071/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-57836 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-57836 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jan 2026. 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-2025-57836 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-2025-57836/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57836/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57836
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57836
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-57836

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57836/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.