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CVE-2015-4640

Published: Jun 19, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/

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https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/

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https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/

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vdb-entry

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http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/

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third-party-advisory

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