CVE-2014-7951
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Android debug bridge (aka adb) in Android 4.0.4 allows physically proximate attackers with a…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ADB - Backup Archive File Overwrite Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36813local, hardwarepublished 21 Apr 2015Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131510/ADB-Backup-Traversal-File-Overwrite.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36813/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/51 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7bc601d%5E%21/#F0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-7801 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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