What is CVE-2017-15309?

CVE-2017-15309 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ireader, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-15309?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Huawei Ireader

CVE-2017-15309

Huawei iReader app before 8.0.2.301 has a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient validation on file storage paths. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to store downloaded malicious files in an arbitrary directory.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Huawei Ireader
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Ireader — versions before 8.0.2.301

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15309?: CVE-2017-15309 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ireader, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-15309?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.