# CVE-2024-31952: An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS.

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-09 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes. (The attacker must already have user privileges, and an administrator password must be entered during the program installation stage for privilege escalation.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-31952/

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