CVE-2020-1904

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A path validation issue in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.61 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.61 could have allowed for directory traversal overwriting files when sending specially crafted docx, xlsx, and pptx files as attachments to messages.

Un problema de validación de rutas en WhatsApp para iOS anterior a la v2.20.61 y en WhatsApp Business para iOS anterior a la v2.20.61 podría haber permitido atravesar directorios sobrescribiendo archivos al enviar archivos docx, xlsx y pptx especialmente diseñados como adjuntos a los mensajes

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-02 CVE Reserved
2020-10-06 CVE Published
2023-06-22 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020	2022-02-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Whatsapp Search vendor "Whatsapp"		Whatsapp Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp"				< 2.20.61 Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp" and version " < 2.20.61"		iphone_os		Affected
Whatsapp Search vendor "Whatsapp"		Whatsapp Business Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp Business"				< 2.20.61 Search vendor "Whatsapp" for product "Whatsapp Business" and version " < 2.20.61"		iphone_os		Affected