MediaTek CPU Boa permission

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A vulnerability was found in MediaTek CPU (Chip Software) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Boa. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Boa, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: A20210008; Issue ID: OSBNB00123241.

The weakness was published 02/07/2023. The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-31577 since 04/22/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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04/22/2021 🔍
02/07/2023 +656 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corp.mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-31577 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2023 08:02 AM
Updated: 03/06/2023 06:44 AM
Changes: 02/07/2023 08:02 AM (39), 03/06/2023 06:44 AM (11)
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