CVE-2020-1904

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

A path validation issue in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.61 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.61 could have allowed for directory traversal overwriting files when sending specially crafted docx, xlsx, and pptx files as attachments to messages.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-1904

Assigner
cve-assign@fb.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-06T18:15:16

Last Modified Date
2022-02-05T00:06:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::iphone_os::*	1	OR		2.20.61
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp_business::::::iphone_os::*	1	OR		2.20.61

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1904
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1904

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:11				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 23:47:37	2020-10-06T18:15Z	2020-10-06T18:15:16	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 23:47:37		2022-02-05T00:06:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 23:47:37		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated