CVE-2015-7888

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the WifiHs20UtilityService on the Samsung S6 Edge LRX22G.G925VVRU1AOE2 allows remote attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files as the system-level user via a .. (dot dot) in the name of a file, compressed into a zipped file named cred.zip, and downloaded to /sdcard/Download.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.88% Top 10%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory chromium.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77338 third party advisory vdb entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134104/Samsung-WifiHs20UtilityService-Path-Traversal.html third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=489&q=samsung&redir=1 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7888?
CVE-2015-7888 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7888?
To fix CVE-2015-7888, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7888 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-7888 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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