Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Telegram Messenger for Android
CVE-2017-17715

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Telegram

Status
Telegram Messenger
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 December 2017
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What is CVE-2017-17715?

The Telegram Messenger application for Android prior to December 8, 2017, contains a directory traversal vulnerability within the saveFile method of MediaController.java. This vulnerability enables an attacker to exploit a specially crafted pathname obtained during file transfers from remote peers, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive files such as tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak. The exploitation of this vulnerability raises significant security concerns for user data integrity and confidentiality.

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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