Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:HSummary
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, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) 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.
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.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22971
Vulnerability Data
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
Control response
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V5.3.2
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.
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.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
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.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.
Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.