{"id":"CVE-2026-113352","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-113352","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:01:36.303Z","title":"uTox through 0.18.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows Tox friends to write arbitrary files by sending absolute or ../ file names to victims with auto-accept enabled.","description":"uTox through 0.18.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows Tox friends to write arbitrary files by sending absolute or ../ file names to victims with auto-accept enabled. Attackers can overwrite shell startup files or plant crafted .ftinfo resume records that ft_find_resumeable() loads, abusing FILE pointers to write /proc/self/mem and execute code.","published":"2026-10-20T11:17:20.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-20T20:11:30.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00586,"percentile":0.47739,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-21","score":0.00585,"percentile":0.47219}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-20T11:17:20.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T11:17:19.520Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox/blob/4b014491560c884b556f082d4d34c5229228bbc5/src/file_transfers.c#L249-L290","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox/blob/4b014491560c884b556f082d4d34c5229228bbc5/src/xlib/filesys.c#L191-L214","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox/issues/1587","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox/pull/1602","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uTox/uTox/pull/1603","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/utox-through-0.18.1-path-traversal-via-auto-accepted-file-transfers","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113352","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}