Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in Mobotap Dolphin Browser for Android 12.0.2

CVE-2017-17551 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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