Samsung SSD's Magician app had a critical security issue

Do you use Samsung Magician for Samsung SSD? Update the app right away

Samsung Magician app for Samsung SSDs had a severe security issue. The brand fixed it with a recent update.

Samsung offers an app called Samsung Magician for Windows, which lets you monitor, manage, and customise a Samsung SSD. Recently, the brand released an update to the app. Carrying version 9.0, it brought a new user interface and new widgets. Well, it looks like it also fixed a critical security issue.

Samsung says that the Magician app’s versions from 6.3.0 to 8.3.2 have an issue where the software, during installation, creates a temporary folder with weak permissions, which allows non-admin users to gain admin privileges and place infected files into that folder, letting them do anything with your PC (via Neowin).

Samsung’s exact words are “The Magician installer creates a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation, allowing a non-admin user to perform DLL hijacking and escalate privileges.”

To fix it, Samsung packed the Magician app’s version 9.0 with the CVE-2025-57836 fix. So, if you have a Samsung SSD and use the Samsung Magician app on your Galaxy Book or a Windows PC, you should immediately update the app to the latest version to fix the high-risk security issue.

Abid Iqbal Shaik - Writer

First Samsung device: Galaxy S II

I’m a computer science engineer living in Hyderabad, India, who has a keen interest in automobiles and consumer electronics. My journalism career kicked off in 2017 with MySmartPrice where I wrote news, features, buying guides, and explanatory articles about technology among other things, and reviewed many products, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, PC components, smartwatches, audio devices, wearables, and smart home products. Since then, I have worked for 91Mobiles, Apple, and Onsitego, before finally landing on SamMobile.

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