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    CVE-2017-3218

    Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.

    Published:Jun 21, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jun 21, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00018
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Samsung
    Product
    Magician

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-111 JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
    CAPEC-141 Cache Poisoning
    CAPEC-142 DNS Cache Poisoning
    CAPEC-148 Content Spoofing
    CAPEC-157 Sniffing Attacks
    CAPEC-158 Sniffing Network Traffic
    CAPEC-204 Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache
    CAPEC-218 Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data
    CAPEC-383 Harvesting Information via API Event Monitoring
    CAPEC-384 Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle
    CAPEC-385 Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation
    CAPEC-386 Application API Navigation Remapping
    CAPEC-387 Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content
    CAPEC-388 Application API Button Hijacking
    CAPEC-459 Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate
    CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation
    CAPEC-477 Signature Spoofing by Mixing Signed and Unsigned Content
    CAPEC-609 Cellular Traffic Intercept
    CAPEC-65 Sniff Application Code
    CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws
    CAPEC-701 Browser in the Middle (BiTM)

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High