CVE-2015-7888

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Published Jun 7, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge_firmware:g925vvru1aoe2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.0% (4.050% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Galaxy S6 Edge Firmware

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 7, 2017, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM
Reserved: Oct 22, 2015, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 7, 2017, 2:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

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