PT-2018-18708 · Wire · Wire

Published 2018-03-22 · Updated 2018-04-20 · CVE-2018-8909

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wire versions prior to 2018-03-07

Description The issue allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to AssetService.scala.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2018-03-07, update to a version released after 2018-03-07 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8909

Affected Products

Wire

References · 3

• 🔥 https://x41-dsec.de/reports/X41-Kudelski-Wire-Security-Review-Android.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8909 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8909 · Vendor Advisory