Arbitrary file write via unprotected intent path traversal
Published Aug 10, 2023 · Updated Oct 4, 2024
Path traversal in Nextcloud Talk Android before 17.0.0 allows local users to write files outside the app's cache via a crafted intent. An unprotected intent handler passes an attacker-controlled content URI to FileUtil cache-copy logic, which derives a destination without first confining its canonical path to the cache directory. Exploitation requires a malicious third-party Android app and user interaction; the resulting write escapes the intended cache boundary.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Nextcloud Talk Android before 17.0.0 allows local users to write files outside the app's cache via a crafted intent. An unprotected intent handler passes an attacker-controlled content URI to FileUtil cache-copy logic, which derives a destination without first confining its canonical path to the cache directory. Exploitation requires a malicious third-party Android app and user interaction; the resulting write escapes the intended cache boundary.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-39957
- Published
- Aug 10, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Nextcloud GmbH
- Product
- Security Advisories
- Classifications
- CWE-22
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 17.0.0
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