Google Android MediaTek Touchscreen Driver Application access control
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A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component MediaTek Touchscreen Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application 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:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek touchscreen driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-30202412. References: M-ALPS02897901.
The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was shared 05/13/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-10274 since 03/28/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/23/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The entries 100815, 101105, 101106 and 101107 are related to this item.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Scott Bauer (@ScottyBauer1)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10274 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 98145 - Google Android Mediatek Touchscreen Driver CVE-2016-10274 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10274 - Google - Android - High
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 05/13/2017 08:46Updated: 12/23/2020 10:37
Changes: 05/13/2017 08:46 (62), 09/25/2020 16:57 (5), 12/23/2020 10:37 (2)
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