01 Record
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-12 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 861d57a4c1078e41cff7e59520accf4fd9eb2207d42aa761e34cf929c1381756
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- seclists.org20150710 CVE-2014-7952, Android ADB backup APK injection vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/46
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132645/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection.html
- www.search-lab.huhttp://www.search-lab.hu/about-us/news/110-android-adb-backup-apk-injection-vulnerability
- github.comhttps://github.com/irsl/ADB-Backup-APK-Injection/
- www.securityfocus.com75705http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75705
- www.securityfocus.com20150710 CVE-2014-7952, Android ADB backup APK injection vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535980/100/0/threaded