{"id":40553,"date":"2025-05-19T20:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T20:39:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:49:43","slug":"cve-2025-4632-critical-vulnerability-in-samsung-magicinfo-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4632-critical-vulnerability-in-samsung-magicinfo-server\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4632: Critical Vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO Server<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is an ever-evolving beast, with new vulnerabilities surfacing regularly. A recent discovery of note is a severe vulnerability with a CVSS Severity Score of 9.8 in the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4632, is of particular concern due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-34332-critical-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47576\">potential for system<\/a> compromise or significant data leakage. It affects all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47269-session-token-exposure-in-code-server-prior-to-version-4-99-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46746\">versions of the server software prior<\/a> to 21.1052, making a substantial number of systems at risk if not patched promptly.<br \/>\nThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44022-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-vvveb-cms-v-1-0-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45358\">vulnerability is alarming because it allows attackers to write arbitrary<\/a> files as system authority due to an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory. This means that malicious actors could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-34333-critical-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47600\">potentially gain complete control over an affected system<\/a>, leading to the potential for significant harm or disruption to the organization&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4632<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27891-samsung-mobile-and-wearable-processors-vulnerability-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49285\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2968126152\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54439-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67001\">Samsung MagicINFO<\/a> 9 Server | All versions before 21.1052<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises due to an incorrect restriction of a pathname to a restricted directory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4648-integrity-check-vulnerability-in-centreon-web-leading-to-potential-xss-injection\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49897\">leading to potential<\/a> directory traversal. This means that an attacker could potentially manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43564-improper-access-control-vulnerability-in-coldfusion-leading-to-arbitrary-file-system-read\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49391\">file and directory paths to access<\/a> restricted directories. When exploited, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-31585-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-grocery-cms-php-restful-api-v1-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45344\">vulnerability enables the attacker to write arbitrary files<\/a> as system authority, effectively gaining complete control over the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1121585516\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>To better understand how this vulnerability could be exploited, consider the following conceptual code example. This is a theoretical HTTP POST request that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51766\">malicious actor could use to exploit the vulnerability:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/restricted\/directory HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;arbitrary_file&quot;: &quot;\/etc\/passwd&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;malicious_content&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attempting to overwrite the `\/etc\/passwd` file, which controls user password information on Unix-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24223-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-various-operating-systems-and-safari-browser\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47384\">operating systems<\/a>. By doing so, the attacker can potentially gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45746-unauthorized-system-access-via-hardcoded-jwt-secret-in-zkt-zkbio-cvsecurity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"48922\">unauthorized access to the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samsung has released a patch for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-51745-stack-overflow-vulnerability-in-various-versions-of-teamcenter-visualization-and-jt2go\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47353\">vulnerability in version<\/a> 21.1052 of the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server. All users of this software are urged to apply the patch as soon as possible. In the interim, it may be possible to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3605-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-frontend-login-and-registration-blocks-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46146\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, these measures should be considered temporary solutions and not a replacement for applying the vendor patch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is an ever-evolving beast, with new vulnerabilities surfacing regularly. A recent discovery of note is a severe vulnerability with a CVSS Severity Score of 9.8 in the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4632, is of particular concern due to the potential for system compromise or significant data leakage. 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