CVE-2017-17551

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
The Backup and Restore feature in Mobotap Dolphin Browser for Android 12.0.2 suffers from an arbitrary file write vulnerability when attempting to restore browser settings from a malicious Dolphin Browser backup file. This arbitrary file write vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite a specific executable in the Dolphin Browser's data directory with a crafted malicious executable. Every time the Dolphin Browser is launched, it will attempt to run the malicious executable from disk, thus executing the attacker's code.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17551
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-11T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-04T18:45:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:changyou:dolphin:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2017-001.md Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17551
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17551
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:53:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:53:52 2017-12-11T18:29Z 2017-12-11T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:53:52 2018-01-04T18:45:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:53:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated