CVE-2017-17715

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-12-16

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Telegram Messenger (Telegram)

References

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1470