High severity · published Mar 22, 2018
CVE-2018-8909
The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to AssetService.scala.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wire · Wire
before 2018-03-07 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8909
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8909
Exploit
https://www.x41-dsec.de/reports/X41-Kudelski-Wire-Security-Review-Android.pdf
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