CVE-2015-4640 (GCVE-0-2015-4640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
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Summary
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Date Public
2015-06-16 00:00
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