CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-17551

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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 vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite a specific executable in the Dolphin Browser's data directory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can introduce malicious code that will be executed every time the Dolphin Browser is launched, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to avoid restoring browser settings from unknown or suspicious backups and to update the browser to the latest version to minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS