PT-2018-3079 · Google · Android

Published 2018-08-06 · Updated 2018-12-12 · CVE-2018-9445

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.0 through 8.1

Description The issue is related to a possible path traversal bug in the readMetadata function of Utils.cpp. This bug could lead to local escalation of privilege when mounting a USB device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 8.1, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03739

CVE-2018-9445

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• 🔥 https://0day.city/cve-2018-9445.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45192 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9445 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03739 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9445 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041432 · Note