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4.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition can allow access to already freed memory while querying event status via DCI.
The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was released 09/21/2017 by Alibaba with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8281 since 04/25/2017. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 16 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 101269, 101388, 101623 and 106244.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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NVD Base Score: 4.7
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
04/25/2017 🔍09/05/2017 🔍
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09/21/2017 🔍
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01/14/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Pengfei Ding, Chenfu Bao , Lenx Wei (Alibaba)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-8281 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 100658 - Google Android Qualcomm Components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 09/21/2017 21:51Updated: 01/14/2021 06:44
Changes: 09/21/2017 21:51 (62), 11/18/2019 15:32 (5), 01/14/2021 06:44 (2)
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