{"id":"CVE-2020-5764","aliases":["EUVD-2020-26923","GHSA-c55f-px99-57c7"],"status":"published","title":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal...","description":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in \"Receive\" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a \"sender\" and sending a MessageType of \"FILE_LIST\" with a \"name\" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended \"/sdcard/MXshare\" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing \".odex\" and \".vdex\" files in the \"oat\" directory of the MX Player application.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.02037,"percentile":0.81248,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2020-07-08T13:34:53Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:22:11Z","products":[{"vendor":"mxplayer","product":"mx_player"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-41","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5764"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c55f-px99-57c7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-5764","description":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in \"Receive\" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a \"sender\" and sending a MessageType of \"FILE_LIST\" with a \"name\" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended \"/sdcard/MXshare\" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing \".odex\" and \".vdex\" files in the \"oat\" directory of the MX Player application.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-08T13:34:53Z","modified":"2024-08-04T08:39:25.912Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:47.22408Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-26923","description":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in \"Receive\" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a \"sender\" and sending a MessageType of \"FILE_LIST\" with a \"name\" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended \"/sdcard/MXshare\" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing \".odex\" and \".vdex\" files in the \"oat\" directory of the MX Player application.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-08T13:34:53Z","modified":"2024-08-04T08:39:25Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:08:05.705852Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c55f-px99-57c7","title":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal...","description":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in \"Receive\" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a \"sender\" and sending a MessageType of \"FILE_LIST\" with a \"name\" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended \"/sdcard/MXshare\" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing \".odex\" and \".vdex\" files in the \"oat\" directory of the MX Player application.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:22:36Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:03:38Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:45:21.848692Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-5764","description":"MX Player Android App versions prior to v1.24.5, are vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when user is using the MX Transfer feature in \"Receive\" mode. An attacker can exploit this by connecting to the MX Transfer session as a \"sender\" and sending a MessageType of \"FILE_LIST\" with a \"name\" field containing directory traversal characters (../). This will result in the file being transferred to the victim's phone, but being saved outside of the intended \"/sdcard/MXshare\" directory. In some instances, an attacker can achieve remote code execution by writing \".odex\" and \".vdex\" files in the \"oat\" directory of the MX Player application.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-08T14:15:10.477Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:22:11.533Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:09.126752Z"}]}}