CVE-2024-31953
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 · uneditedAn issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because it is possible to tamper with the directory and executable files used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges through arbitrary code execution. (The attacker must already have user privileges, and an administrator password must be entered during the program installation stage for privilege escalation.)
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 · high confidenceSamsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability where an attacker with existing user-level access can tamper with installation directories and executable files. When a user initiates installation and enters administrator credentials, the attacker can exploit the insecure file handling during the installation process to achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.
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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 data= 8.0.0CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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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Confirm Samsung Magician installationRun 'ls /Applications | grep -i magician' or check via System Settings > Privacy & Security > Scanning for 'Samsung Magician' in the Applications folderAffected if Samsung Magician.app exists in /Applications
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Identify installed versionRight-click Samsung Magician.app > Get Info, or run 'defaults read /Applications/Samsung\ Magician.app/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString' in TerminalAffected if Version shows exactly 8.0.0
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Check installation directory permissionsRun 'ls -la /Applications/Samsung\ Magician.app/Contents/' and review owner/group and read/write permissions on the installation directory and its contentsAffected if Any non-admin user account has write access to the application contents or installation scripts
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Inspect installer componentsExamine the app bundle for any installation helper tools, scripts, or executables in /Applications/Samsung\ Magician.app/Contents/MacOS/ and /Applications/Samsung\ Magician.app/Contents/Resources/ for unexpected modifications or world-writable permissionsAffected if Executable files have overly permissive access (world-writable) or show signs of tampering
A user is affected if Samsung Magician version 8.0.0 is installed and the application directory or its executables have permissions allowing modification by non-privileged users.
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 dataApply vendor patches when available. Until then, limit installation of Samsung Magician to managed systems and warn users not to install the software on systems with untrusted local users. Consider removing the software if not required.
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