CVE-2024-21633 HIGH

CVE-2024-21633: Arbitrary file write on Decoding

Vendor Ibotpeaches
Product Apktool
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published January 3, 2024
Last update June 3, 2025

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering Android APK files. In versions 2.9.1 and prior, Apktool infers resource files' output path according to their resource names which can be manipulated by attacker to place files at desired location on the system Apktool runs on. Affected environments are those in which an attacker may write/overwrite any file that user has write access, and either user name is known or cwd is under user folder. Commit d348c43b24a9de350ff6e5bd610545a10c1fc712 contains a patch for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 3, 2024 CVE published
June 3, 2025 Record updated