CVE-2020-5764

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2020 at 01:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMxplayer

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in "Receive" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a "sender" and sending a MessageType of "FILE_LIST" with a "name" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended "/sdcard/MXshare" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing ".odex" and ".vdex" files in the "oat" directory of the MX Player application.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.24.5
Affected range stops below 1.24.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-41

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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