Google Android Motorola Bootloader Application access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Motorola Bootloader. 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. The summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10277 since 03/28/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103110 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1) (Stack Clash)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170337 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (103110) and Exploit-DB (42601). The entries 98208, 99278, 100815 and 101104 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
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Nessus ID: 103110
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
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CVE: CVE-2016-10277 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 98149 - Google Android Motorola Bootloader CVE-2016-10277 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10277 - Android - Privilege Escalation Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 05/13/2017 08:47
Changes: 05/13/2017 08:47 (83)
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