What is CVE-2012-3809?

CVE-2012-3809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2012-3809?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Kies

CVE-2012-3809

Samsung Kies before 2.5.0.12094_27_11 has arbitrary directory modification.

Published 2020-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.050 (91.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Kies

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/55936 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65612 (Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2012-3809 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3809?: CVE-2012-3809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2012-3809?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.