Vulnerability CVE-2015-4640
Published: 2015-06-19

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.9/10
2.9/10
5.5/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Adjacent network
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Swiftkey -> Swiftkey sdk 

 References:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/new-exploit-turns-samsung-galaxy-phones-into-remote-bugging-devices/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75347
https://github.com/nowsecure/samsung-ime-rce-poc/
https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/
https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/
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