CVE-2014-7951

low-risk
Published 2020-02-20

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Android debug bridge (aka adb) in Android 4.0.4 allows physically proximate attackers with a direct connection to the target Android device to write to arbitrary files owned by system via a .. (dot dot) in the tar archive headers.

Do I need to act?

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2.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
36813
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.6/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (10)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite....
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite....
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal