# CVE-2023-39957: Path traversal allows tricking the Talk Android app into writing files into it's root directory

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.0.0
- Published: 2023-08-10 · Updated: 2024-10-04

## Affected

- nextcloud security-advisories: fixed in 17.0.0

## Description

Nextcloud Talk Android allows users to place video and audio calls through Nextcloud on Android. Prior to version 17.0.0, an unprotected intend allowed malicious third party apps to trick the Talk Android app into writing files outside of its intended cache directory. Nextcloud Talk Android version 17.0.0 has a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nextcloud security-advisories, upgrade to a fixed version (17.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-36f7-93f3-mcfj
- https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/pull/3064
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1997029

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