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CVE-2014-7951
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Android debug bridge (aka adb) in Android 4.0.4 allows physically proximate attackers with a…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
Description
Directory 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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