VDB
CVE-2015-4640
CVE-2015-4640
PUBLISHED
CVSS 2.9000000953674316 LOW
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.
EPSS 0.18% · 39.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
2.9000000953674316
EPSS Score
0.18%
39.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| swiftkey | swiftkey_sdk |
Timeline
- Jun 16, 2015 CVE Published
- Jun 19, 2015 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/ url
- https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/ url
- https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/ url
- 75347 vdb
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/ url
- VU#155412 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4640 advisory
- https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc url
- https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones url
- https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability url
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices url