Samsung Magician 5.0 TLS Certificate data authenticity

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Samsung Magician 5.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component TLS Certificate Handler. Such manipulation leads to data authenticity. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-3218. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Magician 5.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component TLS Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.

The bug was discovered 06/15/2017. The weakness was presented 06/21/2017 by Will Dormann as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-3218 since 12/05/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at samsung.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99081†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Data authenticity
CWE: CWE-345
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Magician 5.1

Timelineinfo

12/05/2016 🔍
06/02/2017 +179 days 🔍
06/15/2017 +13 days 🔍
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06/21/2017 +6 days 🔍
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06/22/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +2743 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Will Dormann
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-3218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102728
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SecurityFocus: 99081 - Samsung Magician CVE-2017-3218 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2017 08:56
Updated: 12/25/2024 17:56
Changes: 06/22/2017 08:56 (63), 10/19/2019 20:52 (4), 12/25/2024 17:56 (18)
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