CVE-2024-20805

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Path traversal vulnerability in ZipCompressor of MyFiles prior to SMR Jan-2024 Release 1 in Android 11 and Android 12, and version 14.5.00.21 in Android 13 allows local attackers to write arbitrary file.

Affected products

Samsung Android: 11.0, 11.0-smr-apr-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-apr-2022-r1, 11.0-smr-apr-2023-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (+59)
Samsung Mobile MyFiles: before 14.5.00.21 — fixed in 14.5.00.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Samsung Mobile MyFiles 14.5.00.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2024&month=01
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2024&month=01

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