CVE-2014-7954

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: none known
Published: 2017-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the doSendObjectInfo method in frameworks/av/media/mtp/MtpServer.cpp in Android 4.4.4 allows physically proximate attackers with a direct connection to the target Android device to upload files outside of the sdcard via a .. (dot dot) in a name parameter of an MTP request.

Affected products

Android: 4.4.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131509/Android-4.4-MTP-Path-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/50
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535294/100/1100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74210
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131509/Android-4.4-MTP-Path-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/50
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535294/100/1100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74210

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