A security vulnerability has been detected in Reader Tools PDF Reader App 98.8 on Android. The affected element is the function ActSplashNew.handleDeeplink of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument _display_name leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description A security vulnerability has been detected in Reader Tools PDF Reader App 98.8 on Android. The affected element is the function ActSplashNew.handleDeeplink of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument _display_name leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Reader Tools PDF Reader App File ActSplashNew.handleDeeplink path traversal
First Time appeared Reader Tools
Reader Tools pdf Reader App
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:reader_tools:pdf_reader_app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Reader Tools
Reader Tools pdf Reader App
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 3.2, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-09-02T19:15:08.222Z

Updated: 2026-09-02T19:40:27.809Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T13:10:15.968Z

Link: CVE-2026-84852

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T20:17:42.050

Modified: 2026-09-02T20:17:42.050

Link: CVE-2026-84852

cve-icon Redhat

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