A security flaw has been discovered in Polaris Office App 9.9.19 on Android
Why It Matters
Analysis dossierWhy It Matters
A security flaw has been discovered in Polaris Office App 9.9.19 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is the function com.infraware.service.m.n.a of the component Document Intake. The manipulation of the argument _display_name results in path traversal. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 9.9.22 addresses this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms: "We added path validation logic to ensure that files are created only within the designated temporary directory."
Medium
Unknown
Unknown
Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment
Affected Products & Remediation
0 source-backed productsVendor or catalog guidance (source)
Not provided by source
Known exploitation (source facts)
Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".
- CISA KEV
- Unknown
- Exploited (source statement)
- Unknown
- Publicly disclosed (source)
- Unknown
Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)
SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.
Matched path-traversal (CWE-22); local-privilege-escalation (CVSS AV:L, CVSS PR:L)
Exposure
- Locate affected deployments and the path-handling endpoint named by the advisory.Telemetry: Application access logs · The affected path must come from the source, not the CWE alone. · Rule path-traversal
- Identify hosts reporting this CVE, prioritising shared or multi-user systems.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · A local, low-privilege vector matters most where untrusted users can run code. · Rule local-privilege-escalation
Exploitation evidence
- Review requests to that endpoint for traversal encodings and unusual file responses.Telemetry: Application access logs · Such patterns are a hypothesis to validate against normal traffic. · Rule path-traversal
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Exploitation evidence
- Look for low-privileged processes spawning SYSTEM or root-level child processes on affected hosts.Telemetry: DeviceProcessEvents · Hunting hypothesis from the CVSS vector; privilege transitions are a focused starting point, not evidence of attack. · Rule local-privilege-escalation
Response
- Verify the source-stated fix and retest the affected path.Telemetry: Application change records · The exact remediation depends on the source advisory. · Rule path-traversal
CISA KEV Record
CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.
Change History & Source Data
— No recorded material change
- CNA / source
- cna@vuldb.com
- Record status · verification
- UPDATED · NVD API
- CPE
- Unknown
Evidence & Provenance
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Correlated briefings
— No published briefing references this CVE