CVE-2014-7954 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7954?

CVE-2014-7954 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the doSendObjectInfo method in frameworks/av/media/mtp/MtpServer.cpp in Android 4.4.4 allows physically proximate attackers with a direct connection to the target Android device to upload files outside of the sdcard via a .. (dot dot) in a name parameter of an MTP request.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7954?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7954?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-7954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7jgc-fcpj-3rq8.