CVE-2014-7951

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Android debug bridge (aka adb) in Android 4.0.4 allows 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.

• CWE-22

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 20, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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