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What is a Dirty Stream attack?
“Dirty Stream” is Microsoft’s name for a vulnerability pattern in Android apps that share files. Android uses app isolation to keep one app’s private data separate from another’s, while ContentProviders offer a controlled way to share files. The risk arises when a receiving app accepts a file and trusts the sending app’s supplied filename when saving it into its own app-specific storage.
A malicious app can craft a filename containing path-traversal elements and send it with content. If the receiving app fails to validate the name and destination, it may write outside the intended location and overwrite files in its private data directory. Android’s guidance on improperly trusting ContentProvider-provided filenames explains the underlying risk.
What could an attacker do?
The impact depends on how the receiving app handles files. Microsoft’s examples include overwriting configuration or shared-preference files in a way that could expose tokens, or replacing a native library if the app loads libraries from a writable data directory. In the latter case, the attacker might achieve code execution with the app’s permissions. This does not by itself grant system-wide Android privileges.
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What did Microsoft’s “billions” figure mean?
Microsoft Threat Intelligence said the Google Play apps it identified represented more than four billion installations, and that at least four apps each had more than 500 million installations. Those figures came from Microsoft’s May 1, 2024 disclosure; they are not a count of unique users, active installations, confirmed victims, or current vulnerable devices. Microsoft said fixes for the apps it discussed had been deployed as of February 2024.
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