CVE-2022-28784 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2022-28784?

CVE-2022-28784 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 3 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Path traversal vulnerability in Galaxy Themes prior to SMR May-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to list file names in arbitrary directory as system user. The patch addresses incorrect implementation of file path validation check logic.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28784?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28784?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28784 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-2022-28784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28784 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-v9mv-xwff-7whp.