CVE-2017-17715 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the saveFile method of the Telegram Messenger application for Android, affecting versions prior to December 8, 2017. An attacker could exploit this by sending a malicious file-transfer request, allowing them to write arbitrary files to sensitive locations like tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2017-12-08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.