The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8872 The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:59:17.622Z

Reserved: 2017-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17715

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-16T19:29:00.260

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

Link: CVE-2017-17715

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