CVE-2024-20805 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2024-20805?

CVE-2024-20805 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Path traversal vulnerability in ZipCompressor of MyFiles prior to SMR Jan-2024 Release 1 in Android 11 and Android 12, and version 14.5.00.21 in Android 13 allows local attackers to write arbitrary file.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20805?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Samsung Android, Samsung Myfiles.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20805?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20805 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-2024-20805 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20805 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-88ww-j9jx-rp23.