ID:3877 - Exploit for Path traversal in Google Android - CVE-2014-7951

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Android debug bridge (aka adb) in Android 4.0.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and physically proximate attackers with a direct connection to the target Android device to write to arbitrary files owned by system via a . (dot dot) in the tar archive headers.

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