CVE-2014-7952

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

The backup mechanism in the adb tool in Android might allow attackers to inject additional applications (APKs) and execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to filter application data streams.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132645/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/46
http://www.search-lab.hu/about-us/news/110-android-adb-backup-apk-injection-vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75705
https://github.com/irsl/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132645/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/46
http://www.search-lab.hu/about-us/news/110-android-adb-backup-apk-injection-vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75705
https://github.com/irsl/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection/

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