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TI-2020-04692 Aliases CVE-2020-5764GHSA-c55f-px99-57c7

Path traversal in MX Player Android App

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02037 81st 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
—MX Player Android AppAll versions prior to version v1.24.5—No fix listedCNA
  • MX Player Android App Vendor— Affected All versions prior to version v1.24.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mxplayer:mx_player:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*before 1.24.5VulnerableMxplayer
  • cpe:2.3:a:mxplayer:mx_player:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* Versions before 1.24.5 Vulnerable ·Mxplayer

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5764
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c55f-px99-57c7

References

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