CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.5 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Type Downcast Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validation and cause an out of bounds write later.
The bug was discovered 07/05/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/18/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8260 since 04/25/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 01/09/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The entries 101214, 103224, 103225 and 103226 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-bounds writeCWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/25/2017 🔍07/05/2017 🔍
07/06/2017 🔍
08/18/2017 🔍
08/18/2017 🔍
08/19/2017 🔍
01/09/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Yonggang Guo, Gengjia Chen, Jianqiang Zhao, pjf
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-8260 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 99465
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 08/19/2017 09:00Updated: 01/09/2021 18:32
Changes: 08/19/2017 09:00 (54), 11/09/2019 08:16 (8), 01/09/2021 18:32 (4)
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