Privilege Escalation in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 via Untrusted DLL Search Path
CVE-2024-36071 Published on June 20, 2024
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-36071 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Untrusted Path Vulnerability?
The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.
CVE-2024-36071 has been classified to as an Untrusted Path vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-36071
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Exploit Probability
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