Samsung wssyncmlnps prior 2015-10-31 Kies Restore path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung wssyncmlnps. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kies Restore. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8780. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung wssyncmlnps and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Kies Restore. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Samsung wssyncmlnps before 2015-10-31 allows directory traversal in a Kies restore, aka ZipFury.

The bug was discovered 11/02/2015. The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8780 since 01/22/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 528 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2015-10-31 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: wssyncmlnps 2015-10-31

Timelineinfo

11/02/2015 🔍
01/22/2016 +81 days 🔍
04/13/2017 +447 days 🔍
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04/14/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/30/2020 +1234 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-8780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99797
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-8780 - Samsung - wssyncmlnps - Directory Traversal Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2017 10:59
Updated: 08/30/2020 16:34
Changes: 04/14/2017 10:59 (51), 08/30/2020 16:34 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:763:103

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