Description
The Backup and Restore feature in Mobotap Dolphin Browser for Android 12.0.2 suffers from an arbitrary file write vulnerability when attempting to restore browser settings from a malicious Dolphin Browser backup file. This arbitrary file write vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite a specific executable in the Dolphin Browser's data directory with a crafted malicious executable. Every time the Dolphin Browser is launched, it will attempt to run the malicious executable from disk, thus executing the attacker's code.
Published: 2017-12-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8711 The Backup and Restore feature in Mobotap Dolphin Browser for Android 12.0.2 suffers from an arbitrary file write vulnerability when attempting to restore browser settings from a malicious Dolphin Browser backup file. This arbitrary file write vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite a specific executable in the Dolphin Browser's data directory with a crafted malicious executable. Every time the Dolphin Browser is launched, it will attempt to run the malicious executable from disk, thus executing the attacker's code.
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Changyou Dolphin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:36:51.349Z

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17551

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-11T18:29:00.187

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17551

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