CVE-2018-8909

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to AssetService.scala.

La aplicación Wire, en versiones anteriores a 2018-03-07 para Android, permite que atacantes escriban en nombres de ruta fuera del directorio de descargas mediante un ../ en el nombre de archivo de un archivo recibido. Esto se relaciona con AssetService.scala.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-03-22 CVE Reserved
2018-03-22 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.x41-dsec.de/reports/X41-Kudelski-Wire-Security-Review-Android.pdf	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wire Search vendor "Wire"		Wire Search vendor "Wire" for product "Wire"				< 2018-03-07 Search vendor "Wire" for product "Wire" and version " < 2018-03-07"		android		Affected