ADB Explorer Vulnerable to RCE via Insufficient Input Validation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-829.
Summary
ADB Explorer is a fluent UI for ADB on Windows. Versions 0.9.26020 and below fail to validate the integrity or authenticity of the ADB binary path specified in the ManualAdbPath setting before executing it, allowing arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious App.txt settings file that points ManualAdbPath to an arbitrary executable, then convincing a victim to launch the application with a command-line argument directing it to the malicious configuration directory. This vulnerability could be leveraged through social engineering tactics, such as distributing a shortcut bundled with a crafted settings file in an archive, resulting in RCE upon application startup. Thus issue has been fixed in version 0.9.26021.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ADB-Explorer (Alex4SSB) Fixed in 0.9.26021
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-26959
References
More Alex4SSB vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-22001 ADB-Explorer: UNC Path Support in ManualAdbPath Leads to Remote Code Execution (RCE) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-21199 ADB Explorer Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Insecure Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-21567 ADB Explorer is Vulnerable to Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Command-Line Argument CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
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