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CVE-2014-7952
The backup mechanism in the adb tool in Android might allow attackers to inject additional applications (APKs) and execute arbitrary code…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20150710 CVE-2014-7952, Android ADB backup APK injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132645/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.search-lab.hu/about-us/news/110-android-adb-backup-apk-injection-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/irsl/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 75705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20150710 CVE-2014-7952, Android ADB backup APK injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2014-7802 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-7952)Record last updated .