An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows.

published 2024-12-03 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-52190

cvss: 2.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2024-12-03)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.8	CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:R
CNA	3.1	2.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	2.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

semiconductor.samsung.com /support/quality-support/product-security-updates/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-53921
NVD CVE-2024-53921

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