CVE-2024-36071
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the...
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
- Record
CVE-2024-36071- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-35870
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
- Record
EUVD-2024-35870- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-679m-qrhj-wgh2
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the...
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
- Record
GHSA-679m-qrhj-wgh2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on Windows allows an admin to escalate privileges by tampering with the directory and DLL files used during the installation process. This occurs because of an Untrusted Search Path.
- Record
CVE-2024-36071- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- 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-2024-36071 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Samsung Magician, published June 20, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.