CVE-2018-8909 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2018-03-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20517	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01923.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Wire Wire

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-22T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:05:25.482Z

Reserved: 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8909

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-22T06:29:00.207

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:05:37.913

Link: CVE-2018-8909

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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