CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Google Android up to 6.0 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component libmedia. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.
The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2015 by Qidan He and Wen Xu with KeenTeam as Nexus Security Bulletin, November 2015 as confirmed security bulletin (Google Groups). It is possible to read the advisory at groups.google.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6612 since 08/21/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
There is a vulnerability in libmedia that can enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the mediaserver service. This issue is rated as High severity because it can be used to access privileges which are not directly accessible to a third-party application.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading to version Build LMY48X or 6.0 Security Patch Level 11-01-2015 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (107822). The entries 79009, 79008, 79006 and 79005 are pretty similar.
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- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 3.2.6
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.1
- 5.1.1
- 6.0
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Android Build LMY48X/6.0 Security Patch Level 11-01-2015
Timeline
08/21/2015 🔍08/23/2015 🔍
09/02/2015 🔍
11/01/2015 🔍
11/03/2015 🔍
11/03/2015 🔍
12/09/2015 🔍
01/07/2016 🔍
06/26/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: Nexus Security Bulletin, November 2015
Researcher: Qidan He, Wen Xu
Organization: KeenTeam
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6612 (🔍)
X-Force: 107822 - Google Android libmedia privilege escalation
SecurityTracker: 1034049
Vulnerability Center: 55526 - Google Android Remote Privilege Escalation in Libmedia - CVE-2015-6612, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 11/03/2015 16:05Updated: 06/26/2022 08:29
Changes: 11/03/2015 16:05 (67), 06/20/2018 08:40 (6), 06/26/2022 08:29 (3)
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