CVE-2026-27615 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.02.2026 Published: 25.02.2026 Updated: 25.02.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor Alex4SSB
Product ADB-Explorer
Versions
  • Version < Beta 0.9.26022 is affected

References

Problem Types

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