CVE-2024-21633
moderate-risk
Published 2024-01-03
Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering Android APK files. In versions 2.9.1 and prior, Apktool infers resource files' output path according to their resource names which can be manipulated by attacker to place files at desired location on the system Apktool runs on. Affected environments are those in which an attacker may write/overwrite any file that user has write access, and either user name is known or cwd is under user folder. Commit d348c43b24a9de350ff6e5bd610545a10c1fc712 contains a patch for this issue.
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80.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 19% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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7
CVSS 7.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
20/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal