Google Android Kernel UVC Driver Application information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component Kernel UVC Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability in the kernel UVC driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33300353.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was released 05/12/2017 with 360 Marvel Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0627 since 11/29/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110474 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3674-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197162 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux Vulnerabilities (USN-3674-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110474). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 100815, 101104, 101105 and 101106.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Nessus ID: 110474
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3674-1)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: USN-3674-1
Researcher: Xingyuan Lin
Organization: 360 Marvel Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0627 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 98205
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0627 - Linux - Kernel - Information Disclosure Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 05/13/2017 09:10
Updated: 12/06/2022 12:18
Changes: 05/13/2017 09:10 (75), 09/26/2020 09:54 (7), 12/23/2020 13:30 (2), 12/06/2022 12:18 (3)
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