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(Image credit: Samsung ) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Samsung has published a security advisory after a high-severity vulnerability was discovered in its Magician SSD utility software on Windows. CVE‑2025‑57836 explains that this vulnerability is the result of the software installer creating “a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.” The newest Samsung Magician software version 9.0.0 fixes this issue and comes with a complete UI/UX overhaul.
This vulnerability was reported to Samsung on August 11, last year, by cybersecurity professional Sandro Poppi. Affected versions of the Samsung Magician software include those from 6.3.0 to 8.3.2. That’s releases spanning 2021 almost to the present day. Samsung shared details of this ‘high severity’ vulnerability on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
If you are using a version of Samsung Magician software older than the latest version 9.0.0 on Windows , you should upgrade. Samsung has implemented a major UI and UX update, which looks pretty cool and useful from the download page screenshots and details.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/samsung-magician-ssd-software-high-severity-vulnerability-patched-upgrade-to-the-newest-v9-0-0-to-prevent-potential-dll-hijacking-and-privilege-escalation#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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