CVE-2015-9546
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CVE-2015-9546 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-06-16. In some cases, HTTP is used for an Inputmethod, rather than HTTPS. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-06-16. In some cases, HTTP is used for an Inputmethod, rather than HTTPS. A man-in-the-middle attacker can modify the client-server data stream to insert directory traversal sequences into an extracted file path. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-4363 (November 2015).
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Android | 4.4 |
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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