CVE-2024-31952

Published May 9, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.)

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-29810 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.)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00105}

epss

{'score': 0.00082}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Samsung
Samsung magician
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:samsung:magician:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Samsung
Samsung magician
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Weaknesses CWE-59
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 3:48 PM
Reserved
Apr 8, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 14, 2024, 3:26 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:28 AM