How to Install Android 6.0 Marshmallow and When will Your Smartphone Get it?

Google is eager to release the latest version of its mobile operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, to some of its Smartphone and Tablet lineup. The latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow update brings a whole host of new features, including Doze mode, App permissions, Google Now on Tap, "Do not...

Design/Logic Flaw

The createFromParcel method in the com.absolute.android.persistence.MethodSpec class in Samsung Galaxy S5s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a crafted Parcelable object in a serialized MethodSpec object...

CVE-2015-4034

The createFromParcel method in the com.absolute.android.persistence.MethodSpec class in Samsung Galaxy S5s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a crafted Parcelable object in a serialized MethodSpec object...

CVE-2015-4034

Affected software/impact : Samsung Galaxy S5's com.absolute.android.persistence.MethodSpec class is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted Parcelable objects. The root cause is in the createFromParcel deserialization flow, where dynamic class loading is performed without restricting the ...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is a smartphone released by the South Korean company Samsung Samsung. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the com.absolute.android.persistence.MethodSpec class of the Samsung Galaxy S5, which stems from the program's failure to properly restrict the origin of...

Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Multiple Samsung Galaxy Devices

The Samsung Galaxy S4 and others are smart mobile devices released by the South Korean company Samsung Samsung. A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the SwiftKey language-pack upgrade implementation of multiple Samsung Galaxy devices. A remote attacker can leverage the control privileges...

Man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in multiple Samsung Galaxy devices

The Samsung Galaxy S4 and others are smart mobile devices released by the South Korean company Samsung Samsung. A security vulnerability exists in the SwiftKey language-pack upgrade implementation process for several Samsung Galaxy devices. As the program uses HTTP to connect to the...

(0Day) (Mobile Pwn2Own) Samsung Galaxy S5 MethodSpec Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Samsung Galaxy S5s. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the com.absolute.android.persistence.MethodSpec Class. The createFromParcel method performs dynamic...

Samsung Galaxy S Mobile Phone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Samsung Galaxy is a series of mid-range and high-end smartphones from Samsung.Swiftkey keyboard is a keyboard application that comes pre-installed with system privileges on Galaxy S series phones. Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, S4, S5, S6 series smartphones fail to validate Swiftkey language pack...

CVE-2015-4641

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the...

CVE-2015-4640

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 exploitatio...

Code injection

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 exploitatio...

Directory traversal

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the...

CVE-2015-4640

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 exploitatio...

CVE-2015-4641

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the...

CVE-2015-4640

The CVE-2015-4640 entry relates to Samsung Galaxy S4/S4 Mini/S5/S6 devices where the SwiftKey language-pack updater uses HTTP to contact skslm.swiftkey.net. This enables man-in-the-middle attackers to modify HTTP responses and write to language-pack files. Connected documents corroborate this vul...

CVE-2015-4641

Affected: Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, S6 with SwiftKey language-pack update. Vulnerability: Directory traversal in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation that uses the skslm.swiftkey.net domain. Cause: crafted ZIP entry containing a .. path can be exploited to write to arbitrary fil...

Samsung Flaw Lets Hacker Easily Take Control of Your Galaxy Mobile Remotely

More than 600 Million users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the newly released Galaxy S6, are potentially vulnerable to a software bug that allows hackers to secretly monitor the phone's camera and microphone, read text messages and install malicious apps. The vulnerability is due to a...

Samsung's Swift Keyboard Update Mechanism Exposes 600M Devices

The Swift keyboard, installed by default on Samsung Android mobiles, exposes devices to a host of remote attacks that could be executed by attackers ranging from criminals sitting man-in-the-middle on local Wi-Fi networks, to a state actor in an upstream position at an ISP or backbone. NowSecure...

Samsung Galaxy S phones fail to properly validate SwiftKey language pack updates

Overview Samsung Galaxy S phones, including the S4 Mini, S4, S5, and S6, fail to properly validate Swiftkey language pack updates. Description CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity - CVE-2015-4640Samsung Galaxy S phones, including the S4 Mini, S4, S5, and S6, are pre-installed...