CVE-2026-27615

ADB-Explorer: UNC Path Support in ManualAdbPath Leads to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Updated
Feb 27, 2026
Reserved
Feb 20, 2026

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-40 Path Traversal: 'UNCsharename' (Windows UNC Share)
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ADB-ExplorerAlex4SSB
  • < Beta 0.9.26022Affected

References

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