CVE-2025-57836
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 6.3.0 through 8.3.2 on Windows. The installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.
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 confidenceThe Samsung Magician installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions (likely world-readable/writable) during installation. A non-privileged local attacker can place a malicious DLL in this folder, which gets loaded by a higher-privileged process (running as SYSTEM or administrator) during the installation or subsequent operations, achieving privilege escalation.
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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>= 6.3.0, <= 8.3.2CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 Samsung Magician versionLocate the Samsung Magician application on the system and retrieve its version number. Compare it against the affected range: versions 6.3.0 through 8.3.2Affected if The installed version falls within 6.3.0 to 8.3.2 inclusive
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Locate temporary installation foldersSearch for temporary folders created by the Samsung Magician installer in common temp locations (such as user temp directories, Windows temp folders, or installation-specific locations). These folders are created during the installation process.Affected if Temporary folders from Samsung Magician installation exist on the system
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Verify folder permissions on temp directoriesExamine the access control list (ACL) permissions on any Samsung Magician temporary folders. Check if standard users or the Everyone group have write or modify permissions to these folders.Affected if The temporary folders grant world-writable or excessive permissions to non-privileged users
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Inspect folder contents for unauthorized DLLsList all files present in the Samsung Magician temporary folders. Look for any DLL files that were not part of the original installation or appear suspicious.Affected if Unexpected or unauthorized DLL files are present in the temporary folders
A system is affected if Samsung Magician version 6.3.0 through 8.3.2 is installed and temporary folders with weak (world-writable) permissions from the installation still exist on the system.
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 dataSamsung must release an updated installer that creates temporary folders with restrictive ACLs (e.g., only SYSTEM/Admin write access). Users should avoid installing Samsung Magician until a patched version (8.3.3+) is available, or run installations in isolated environments.
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