CVE-2022-33715 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2022-33715?

CVE-2022-33715 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper access control and path traversal vulnerability in LauncherProvider prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allow local attacker to access files of One UI.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33715?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-33715?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33715 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-2022-33715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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