CVE-2025-53081
Published: 29 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53081 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Samsung Data Management Server Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 25.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-53081 is an arbitrary file creation vulnerability in Samsung's Data Management Server (DMS), classified under CWE-22. It enables attackers to create arbitrary files in unintended locations on the filesystem. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4, with vector AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H, indicating physical access requirements, low attack complexity, no privileges needed, no user interaction, unchanged scope, low confidentiality impact, and high integrity and availability impacts. The vulnerability was published on 2025-07-29.
Exploitation is restricted to attackers originating from specific, authorized private IP addresses. Those meeting the physical access vector (AV:P) can perform the attack with low complexity and no authentication or user interaction. Successful exploitation allows file creation outside intended paths, potentially disrupting system integrity and availability while enabling limited unauthorized data access.
Samsung's security advisory provides details on mitigations and patches at https://security.samsungda.com/securityUpdates.html.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22971
Vulnerability details
An 'Arbitrary File Creation' in Samsung DMS(Data Management Server) allows attackers to create arbitrary files in unintended locations on the filesystem. Exploitation is restricted to specific, authorized private IP addresses.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces validation and sanitization of file paths and names to block the path traversal that enables arbitrary file creation.
Enforces mandatory access control checks on filesystem write operations so that only intended paths and files may be created by the DMS process.
Restricts inbound connections to the specific authorized private IP addresses from which exploitation is possible, reducing the attack surface before any file-creation request is processed.