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GHSA-VVP6-3CXW-W3P7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:28 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:49

Details

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.

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CVE-2015-4640 (GCVE-0-2015-4640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18

Summary

Severity ?

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CWE

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mitre

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	https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75347	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-explo…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN

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GHSA-VVP6-3CXW-W3P7

CVE-2015-4640 (GCVE-0-2015-4640)

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