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 AssetService.scala.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 74th percentile

Published

2018-03-22

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.x41-dsec.de/reports/X41-Kudelski-Wire-Security-Review-Android.pdf

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-8908
• CVE-2018-8937
• CVE-2018-8906
• CVE-2018-8940
• CVE-2018-8905
• CVE-2018-8941