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TI-2018-06447 Aliases CVE-2018-8909GHSA-3r7m-q5px-rp76

The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames…

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames outside of the downloads directory via a ../ in a filename of a received file, related to AssetService.scala.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01582 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*before 2018-03-07Vulnerablewireapp
  • cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* Versions before 2018-03-07 Vulnerable ·wireapp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-8909
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3r7m-q5px-rp76

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-21436 Wire through 3.22.3993 on Windows advertises deletion of sent messages; nonetheless, all… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
  • TI-2020-16922 Wire before 2020-10-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-17935 Account takeover when having only access to a user's short lived token CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-12333 Verified groups not reliable CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-12030 Insecure use of shell.openExternal in Wire CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2022-07678 DoS vulnerability: Malformed Resource Identifiers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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