CVE-2020-13833 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2020-13833?

CVE-2020-13833 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Jun 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 O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The system area allows arbitrary file overwrites via a symlink attack. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-17183 (June 2020).

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13833 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-2020-13833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13833 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-v3cp-jj5w-cffv.