QID 630945

Date Published: 2023-09-18

QID 630945: Nextcloud Talk For Android Path Traversal Vulnerability

Nextcloud Talk Android allows users to place video and audio calls through Nextcloud on Android. Prior to version 17.0.0, an unprotected intend allowed malicious third party apps to trick the Talk Android app into writing files outside of its intended cache directory. Nextcloud Talk Android version 17.0.0 has a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to CVE-2023-39957 to address this issue and obtain more information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 630945

    CVE-2023-39957 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2023-39957 Android URL Logo nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39957
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