VDB-110293 · CVE-2017-13171 · BID 102108

Google Android MediaTek Performance Service access control

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MediaTek Performance Service. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 MediaTek performance service. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-64316572. References: M-ALPS03479086.

The bug was discovered 12/04/2017. The weakness was presented 12/06/2017 by Alibaba with Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-13171 since 08/23/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See 104864, 107387, 110232 and 110233 for similar entries.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

08/23/2017 🔍
12/01/2017 +100 days 🔍
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12/06/2017 +2 days 🔍
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01/25/2021 +1146 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Baozeng Ding (Alibaba)
Organization: Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-13171 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 102108 - Google Android MediaTek Components Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 12/06/2017 22:12
Updated: 01/25/2021 20:23
Changes: 12/06/2017 22:12 (62), 12/12/2019 15:20 (5), 01/25/2021 20:23 (2)
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