Man-in-the-middle attack via improper scheme validation
Published Sep 9, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Improper scheme validation in Samsung Electronics Galaxy Themes before 5.2.01 allows attackers to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The scheme check fails to reject an unsafe transport scheme, but Samsung has not disclosed the checked parameter or affected request path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and Samsung's published assessment limits the consequence to unauthorized data modification.
Summary
What happened
Improper scheme validation in Samsung Electronics Galaxy Themes before 5.2.01 allows attackers to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The scheme check fails to reject an unsafe transport scheme, but Samsung has not disclosed the checked parameter or affected request path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and Samsung's published assessment limits the consequence to unauthorized data modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-25465
- Published
- Sep 9, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics
- Product
- Galaxy Themes
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1638
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=- <5.2.01
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