CVE-2017-17715
N/A
Published: December 16, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTelegram Messenger
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2017-12-08
Affected range stops below 2017-12-08, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1470Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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