Vulnerability in SwiftKey Language-Pack Update Implementation on Samsung Galaxy Devices

CVE-2015-4640 · LOW Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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