CVE-2017-3218
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior...
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
- Record
CVE-2017-3218- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.3 High
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-311, CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
- Record
CVE-2017-3218- Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12339 No score
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
- Record
EUVD-2017-12339- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7xpm-33wp-wg2w
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior...
Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.
- Record
GHSA-7xpm-33wp-wg2w- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3218 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Samsung Magician, published June 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.