Is CVE-2018-8909 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8909 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8909?

CVE-2018-8909 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8909?

CVE-2018-8909 has an EPSS score of 1.95% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8909?

Upgrade wire to 2018-03-07 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8909

HIGHEPSS 78th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to AssetService.scala.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

wireNVD

Affected:< 2018-03-07Fixed in:2018-03-07CVE-2018-8909derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.95%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

x41-dsec.de

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.