Amazon Kindle Fire HD 4.5.5.3 on Fire OS Kernel gcif.c Argument argument injection
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Amazon Kindle Fire HD 4.5.5.3 on Fire OS (Tablet Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c of the component Kernel. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a argument injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component
in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the
intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD (3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 3222560159 and cause a kernel crash.
The bug was discovered 10/10/2018. The weakness was presented 10/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11023 since 05/13/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 125354 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Argument injectionCWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/13/2018 🔍10/10/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-11023 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 10/17/2018 06:47Updated: 04/02/2020 16:10
Changes: 10/17/2018 06:47 (61), 04/02/2020 16:10 (1)
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