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CVE-2015-4641 Details

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the skslm.swiftkey.net domain name and providing a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a ZIP archive, as demonstrated by a traversal to the /data/dalvik-cache directory.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/ CVEExploit
https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/ CVEExploit
https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/ CVEExploit
https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/ CVEExploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412 CVEThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
swiftkey swiftkey sdk
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:swiftkey:swiftkey_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
samsung galaxy s4
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
samsung galaxy s4 mini
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4_mini:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
samsung galaxy s5
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
samsung galaxy s6
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-4641
NVD Published Date:
Jun 19, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-4641 Details - Not Deferred