CVE-2017-15309

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Huawei iReader app before 8.0.2.301 has a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient validation on file storage paths. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to store downloaded malicious files in an arbitrary directory.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. iReader: before 8.0.2.301 — fixed in 8.0.2.301

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. iReader 8.0.2.301. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171120-01-hwreader-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171120-01-hwreader-en

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