Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-53078

RCE in Samsung Data Management Server Firmware 2.0.0 – 2.3.13.1

Published
29 July 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0038 31th percentile
Risk Priority 56 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-53078 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Samsung Data Management Server Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

The vulnerability CVE-2025-53078 is a deserialization of untrusted data flaw (CWE-502) in Samsung DMS (Data Management Server). It permits attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system through unauthorized file writes.

Exploitation is possible over the network by an attacker with high privileges, though the attack carries high complexity and requires no user interaction. Successful exploitation yields high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, along with a changed scope.

Samsung has published security updates and related guidance at https://security.samsungda.com/securityUpdates.html. The EPSS score remains flat at a peak and current value of 0.0114 with no material rise observed.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Samsung DMS(Data Management Server) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via write file to system

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2025-53082Same product: Samsung Data Management Server
CVE-2026-25204Same vendor: Samsung
CVE-2026-40447Same vendor: Samsung
CVE-2026-40450Same vendor: Samsung
CVE-2026-40449Same vendor: Samsung
CVE-2026-40448Same vendor: Samsung

Affected Assets

samsung
data management server firmware
2.0.0 — 2.3.13.1 · 2.5.0.17 — 2.6.14.1 · 2.7.0.15 — 2.9.3.6

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can uncover deserialization flaws before deployment.

Input validation directly stops deserialization of untrusted data by ensuring inputs are valid before processing.

Engineering principles such as safe deserialization and input sanitization structurally prevent the weakness from being introduced.

Integrity verification tools can detect malformed or tampered serialized data after the fact.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 none match
prevents

PR.PS-02 addresses only post-deployment updates/patching and cannot prevent introduction of unsafe deserialization code, yet it can remediate some instances when the flaw exists in outdated libraries or components.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing includes validation of deserialization routines and the use of untrusted data, reducing the likelihood that unsafe object reconstruction will be deployed.

prevents

Requiring vetted libraries, regular updates and SAST before release reduces the likelihood that deserialization logic will accept and act on attacker-controlled serialized objects.

finds

Regular scanning of third-party libraries and timely patching reduce the likelihood that unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities remain active.

none

Mandatory malware scanning of data received over networks or storage media intercepts malicious serialized payloads before they are deserialized by the target application.

References