Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Telegram Messenger Android Application

CVE-2017-17715 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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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