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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Samsung Magician SSD software ‘High Severity’ vulnerability patched — upgrade to the newest v9.0.0 to prevent potential DLL hijacking and privilege escalation

Samsung Magician software.

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.

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