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CVE-2014-7952

The backup mechanism in the adb tool in Android might allow attackers to inject additional applications (APKs) and execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to filter application data streams.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 20.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 20.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

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3 source links · newest first
  • Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles:First Java zero-day in two years exploited by Pawn Storm hackersThe flaw was spotted by Trend Micro researchers, who are closely monitoring a targeted attack campaign mounted by the economic and political cyber-espionage operation Pawn Storm. The bug has been fixed by Oracle on Wednesday.NowSecure Lab cloud: Mobile app assessment environmentNowSecure Lab is mobile app security assessment environment that comes in two … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 19, 2015, 10:36 PM
  • A flaw (CVE-2014-7952) in Android’s backup/restore mechanism can be exploited by knowledgeable developers to “respawn” malicious apps on phones, and make them gain top-level access and potentially dangerous permissions that they didn’t have before.“Full backup of applications including the private files stored on /data partition is performed by default, but applications can customize this behavior by implementing a BackupAgent class,” Search-Lab researchers explained.“The backup manager, which invokes the custom BackupAgent does not filter the data … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 13, 2015, 5:26 AM
  • A security bug in a backup mechanism of the Android operating system can be exploited to install malicious apps on vulnerable devices, researchers have warned. Google has confirmed the existence of the flaw, but the search giant says it’s a “low severity” issue.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 10, 2015, 9:06 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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