CVE-2015-4640 (GCVE-0-2015-4640)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-06-19 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:18
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.20% (0.42282)
Summary
The SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices relies on an HTTP connection to the skslm.swiftkey.net server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to write to language-pack files by modifying an HTTP response. NOTE: CVE-2015-4640 exploitation can be combined with CVE-2015-4641 exploitation for man-in-the-middle code execution.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75347
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75347
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/Exploit
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