VDB-101111 · CVE-2016-10283 · BID 98160

Google Android Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver Application access control

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32094986. References: QC-CR#2002052.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was released 05/12/2017 by Guang Gong with Qihoo 360 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-10283 since 03/28/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 100815, 101104, 101105 and 101106.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
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03/28/2017 🔍
05/01/2017 +34 days 🔍
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05/12/2017 +11 days 🔍
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05/13/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/25/2020 +1231 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Guang Gong
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10283 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 98160 - Google Android Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver CVE-2016-10283 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10283 - Google - Android - Privilege Escalation Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2017 08:48
Updated: 09/25/2020 16:20
Changes: 05/13/2017 08:48 (62), 09/25/2020 16:20 (7)
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