CVE-2015-9546

Published: Apr 10, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

4.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 2.5

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-06-16. In some cases, HTTP is used for an Inputmethod, rather than HTTPS. A man-in-the-middle attacker can modify the client-server data stream to insert directory traversal sequences into an extracted file path. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-4363 (November 2015).

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Version 4.4

Related CWEs

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

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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