CVE-2015-9546 Path traversal in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can exploit HTTP usage in Samsung mobile input methods to perform directory traversal, allowing unauthorized file access or modification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-9546?
CVE-2015-9546 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9546?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9546?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9546 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-2015-9546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x27-c9g4-52f5.