CVE-2017-15309 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Huawei iReader app versions prior to 8.0.2.301. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into downloading a malicious file, which the app then stores in an arbitrary directory due to insufficient validation of file storage paths. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high integrity impact and low availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.2.301CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:huawei:ireader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.