CVE-2014-7951

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7951
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-20 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:22:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ADB - Backup Archive File Overwrite Directory Traversal - Hardware local Exploit MISC www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Diff - 7bc601d^! - platform/frameworks/base - Git at Google MISC android.googlesource.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Google Android adb backup 'server/BackupManagerService.java' Directory Traversal Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-7951 adb backup archive path traversal file overwrite MISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ADB Backup Traversal / File Overwrite ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Diff - 7bc601d^! - platform/frameworks/base - Git at Google android.googlesource.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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