CVE-2022-36850 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices
An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files with phone UID privileges via a path traversal flaw in CallBGProvider on Samsung mobile devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-36850?
CVE-2022-36850 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Sep 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 CallBGProvider prior to SMR Sep-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to overwrite arbitrary file with phone uid.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36850 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-2022-36850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xc95-c8c4-8x75.