Samsung SW Update Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Samsung Software Update Service, SWUpdateService SWMAgent.exe, installs as a service with an unquoted service path running with SYSTEM privileges. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. Exploit...

Samsung SW Update Service Privilege Escalation

Exploit Title: Samsung SW Update Service Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation Date: 04/10/2016 Author: Yunus YILDIRIM Th3GundY Team: CT-Zer0 @CRYPTTECH && Superbug @xsuperbug Website: http://yildirimyunus.com Contact: [email protected] Category: local Vendor Homepage:...

Samsung SW Update Software Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Samsung SW Update Software formerly known as Samsung Easy Software Manager is a suite of software for updating BIOS, drivers, etc. over the network from Samsung South Korea. A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Samsung SW Update Software version 2.2.7.22 and earlier. A local...

Samsung SW Update 2.2.7.22 Insecure ACLs

Blue Frost Security GmbH https://www.bluefrostsecurity.de/ researchatbluefrostsecurity.de BFS-SA-2016-002 25-April-2016 Vendor: Samsung, www.samsung.com Affected Products: SW Update Affected Version: cacls "c:\Programdata\Samsung\SW...

Samsung Windows Laptop Owners Urged To Download Fix To MitM Vulnerability

Samsung laptop owners are being urged to update their Windows PCs after the discovery of a vulnerability that can allow remote attackers to download files onto a targeted system and gain complete control over the laptop. The flaw is tied to a feature called “Samsung SW Update Tool 2.2.5.16”...

Samsung to Patch Windows Update Issue Within Days

Samsung said today it will no longer automatically disable Windows updates on PCs and laptops it manufactures and will release a patch “within a few days.” The practice was outed this week by a 22-year-old Microsoft MVP named Patrick Barker who posted a report to his personal website the explaine...

Samsung PC malicious disable the Windows Update“scandal”-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The recent Windows users reflect that their Samsung computer on the Windows Automatic Update program will be randomly disabled, this is for their PC Security a security risk. 禁用 Windows 更新 的 程序 名为 DisableWindowsupdate.exe this app is Samsung SW Update software part. SW Update is typical for the O...

Samsung Disables Windows Update

Samsung PC owners could soon find themselves in an endless carousel of enabling Windows Update with each reboot of their machine after a computing enthusiast discovered that a Samsung feature disables Microsoft’s update mechanism by default. Windows Update is a service that delivers, among other...