CVE-2015-7888
high
CVSS v3
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the WifiHs20UtilityService on the Samsung S6 Edge LRX22G.G925VVRU1AOE2 allows remote attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files as the system-level user via a .. (dot dot) in the name of a file, compressed into a zipped file named cred.zip, and downloaded to /sdcard/Download.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134104/Samsung-WifiHs20UtilityService-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77338
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=489&q=samsung&redir=1
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134104/Samsung-WifiHs20UtilityService-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77338
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=489&q=samsung&redir=1
CWEs
CWE-22
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.