CVE-2017-17715

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak...

CVE-2017-17715

The CVE-2017-17715 entry refers to a directory traversal vulnerability in the Telegram Messenger Android client. The flaw is in the saveFile method of MediaController.java, which, when handling a file-transfer request from a remote peer before 2017-12-08, could be exploited to traverse directorie...