CVE-2015-0863
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedGALAXY Apps (aka Samsung Apps, Samsung Updates, or com.sec.android.app.samsungapps) before 14120405.03.012 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceGALAXY Apps before version 14120405.03.012 is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks due to improper SSL/TLS certificate validation. This allows attackers intercepting network traffic to obtain sensitive user information and inject/execute arbitrary code on the device.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Samsung Galaxy App is installedUse the device's app settings or package manager to list installed applications and locate the Samsung Galaxy AppAffected if The app is present on the device and its version is below 14120405.03.012
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Obtain the installed version of Samsung Galaxy AppAccess the app info screen in device settings or use a package information tool to retrieve the version numberAffected if The displayed version is earlier than 14120405.03.012
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Identify if Samsung Account App is installedUse the device's app settings or package manager to list installed applications and locate the Samsung Account AppAffected if The app is present on the device and its version is below 14120405.03.012
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Obtain the installed version of Samsung Account AppAccess the app info screen in device settings or use a package information tool to retrieve the version numberAffected if The displayed version is earlier than 14120405.03.012
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Verify SSL certificate validation is in useThis vulnerability stems from improper SSL/TLS certificate validation; if either app is present in a version before 14120405.03.012, the certificate validation is likely insufficientAffected if Either the Galaxy App or Samsung Account App is installed with a version below 14120405.03.012
The device is affected if either the Samsung Galaxy App or Samsung Account App is installed with a version number lower than 14120405.03.012, as these versions lack proper SSL/TLS certificate validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate GALAXY Apps to version 14120405.03.012 or later, which contains proper certificate validation to prevent MITM attacks.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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