CVE-2024-53921
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can...
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.
- Record
CVE-2024-53921- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:R - Weakness
- CWE-276, CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-52190
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.
- Record
EUVD-2024-52190- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p9qr-rxpv-wm86
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can...
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.
- Record
GHSA-p9qr-rxpv-wm86- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in the installer in Samsung Magician 8.1.0 on Windows. An attacker can create arbitrary folders in the system permission directory via a symbolic link during the installation process.
- Record
CVE-2024-53921- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276, CWE-1236
- 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-2024-53921 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.8) in Samsung Magician, published December 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.