CVE-2022-39845
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074...
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074 allows local attackers to delete arbitrary directory using directory junction.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074 allows local attackers to delete arbitrary directory using directory junction.
- Record
CVE-2022-39845- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-354
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42290
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074 allows local attackers to delete arbitrary directory using directory junction.
- Record
EUVD-2022-42290- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5fjx-286j-pq38
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074...
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074 allows local attackers to delete arbitrary directory using directory junction.
- Record
GHSA-5fjx-286j-pq38- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-354
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper validation of integrity check vulnerability in Samsung Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22074 allows local attackers to delete arbitrary directory using directory junction.
- Record
CVE-2022-39845- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-354
- 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-2022-39845 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Samsung Kies, published September 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.