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CVE-2024-49411: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Path Traversal in ThemeCenter prior to SMR Dec-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to copy apk files to arbitrary path with ThemeCenter privilege. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2024-49411 and was reported privately to Samsung Mobile on September 16, 2024 (Samsung Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Path Traversal issue (CWE-22) affecting Android versions 12, 13, and 14. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.6 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N). The vulnerability requires physical access to exploit but does not require privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows physical attackers to copy APK files to arbitrary paths with ThemeCenter privilege. This could potentially lead to unauthorized file manipulation within the system's directory structure (Samsung Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Samsung has addressed this vulnerability by adding proper input validation in the SMR Dec-2024 Release 1 security update. Users should update their devices to this version or later to protect against this vulnerability (Samsung Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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