CVE-2018-8909 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the Wire application for Android, specifically versions prior to 2018-03-07. Attackers could exploit this by including "../" in the filename of a received file, allowing them to write to arbitrary locations outside the intended downloads directory. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on integrity (I:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2018-03-07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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