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CVE-2017-17551 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2017-001.md CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2017-001.md [email protected]Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
changyou dolphin
12.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:changyou:dolphin:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-17551
NVD Published Date:
Dec 11, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-17551 Details - Not Deferred