VDB-286781 · CVE-2024-53921 · EUVD-2024-52190

Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows Symbolic Links permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Symbolic Links Handler. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-53921. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Symbolic Links Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at semiconductor.samsung.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53921 since 11/25/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-52190). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Samsung

Name

Magician

Version

8.1.0

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Temp Score: 2.8
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CNA Base Score: 2.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/25/2024 🔍
12/03/2024 +8 days 🔍
12/03/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2025 +200 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: semiconductor.samsung.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53921 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53921
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-286781
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2024 20:30
Updated: 06/21/2025 18:43
Changes: 12/03/2024 20:30 (63), 02/22/2025 09:37 (3), 06/04/2025 05:41 (10), 06/21/2025 18:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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