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CVE-2026-27615: Alex4SSB ADB-Explorer · Path Traversal: 'UNCsharename'

Affects Alex4SSB ADB-ExplorerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 16% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Alex4SSBADB-ExplorerAffected
  • =< Beta 0.9.26022
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediately update ADB-Explorer to version Beta 0.9.26022 or later, which contains the fix preventing UNC path usage for 'ManualAdbPath'.
  2. Implement strict controls on the distribution and execution of shortcuts and configuration files related to ADB-Explorer, ensuring they originate from trusted sources only.
  3. Educate users, especially developers and IT staff, about the risks of running untrusted shortcuts or configuration files, emphasizing the social engineering aspect of this attack.
  4. Employ endpoint protection solutions capable of detecting and blocking execution of binaries from untrusted network shares or unusual UNC paths.
  5. Restrict network access to SMB shares and monitor for unusual UNC path access attempts on Windows hosts running ADB-Explorer.
  6. Use application whitelisting to prevent execution of unauthorized binaries, particularly those loaded from network shares.
  7. Regularly audit and monitor ADB-Explorer configurations to detect unauthorized changes to the 'ManualAdbPath' setting.
  8. Consider isolating development environments or using virtual machines for running tools like ADB-Explorer to limit the blast radius of potential exploitation.

Description

ADB Explorer is a fluent UI for ADB on Windows. In versions prior to Beta 0.9.26022, ADB-Explorer allows the `ManualAdbPath` settings variable, which determines the path of the ADB binary to be executed, to be set to a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path in the application's settings file. This allows an attacker to set the binary's path to point to a remote network resource, hosted on an attacker-controlled network share, thus granting the attacker full control over the binary being executed by the app. An attacker may leverage this vulnerability to execute code remotely on a victim's machine with the privileges of the user running the app. Exploitation is made possible by convincing a victim to run a shortcut of the app that points to a custom `App.txt` settings file, which sets `ManualAdbPath` (for example, when downloaded in an archive file). Version Beta 0.9.26022 fixes the issue.

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