CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Qualcomm DMA Allocation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to wrong data type of size, allocation size gets truncated which makes allocation succeed when it should fail.
The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was released 09/21/2017 by Alibaba with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-9725 since 06/15/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109380 (CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:1062)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157889 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4315)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (109380). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 101269, 101388, 101623 and 106244.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 109380
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:1062)
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Timeline
06/15/2017 🔍09/05/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: RHSA-2018:0676
Researcher: Pengfei Ding, Chenfu Bao , Lenx Wei (Alibaba)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-9725 (🔍)
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 21:52Updated: 12/29/2022 18:56
Changes: 09/21/2017 21:52 (69), 11/18/2019 15:40 (10), 01/14/2021 07:05 (3), 12/29/2022 18:56 (3)
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