CVE-2015-4640

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4640
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-19 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-07 18:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices relies on an HTTP connection to the skslm.swiftkey.net server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to write to language-pack files by modifying an HTTP response. NOTE: CVE-2015-4640 exploitation can be combined with CVE-2015-4641 exploitation for man-in-the-middle code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-254

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S5 All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S5 All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 All All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 All All All All
Application Swiftkey Swiftkey Sdk All All All All
Application Swiftkey Swiftkey Sdk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samsung Keyboard Security Risk Disclosed: Over 600M+ Devices Worldwide Impacted | NowSecure MISC www.nowsecure.com Exploit
nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit
New exploit turns Samsung Galaxy phones into remote bugging devices | Ars Technica MISC arstechnica.com Exploit
Vulnerability Note VU#155412 - Samsung Galaxy S phones fail to properly validate SwiftKey language pack updates CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Remote Code Execution as System User on Samsung Phones | NowSecure Blogs MISC www.nowsecure.com Exploit
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
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