Google Android prior 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5/Nexus 6/Nexus 6P Qualcomm Sound Driver privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus 5/Nexus 6/Nexus 6P (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Qualcomm Sound Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27531992.
The weakness was presented 06/13/2016 as 27531992 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2469 since 02/18/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
Upgrading to version 2016-06-01 eliminates this vulnerability.
See 87840, 87841, 87842 and 87843 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
Upgrade: Android 2016-06-01
Timeline
02/18/2016 🔍06/06/2016 🔍
06/12/2016 🔍
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08/23/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: 27531992
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2469 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036763
SecurityFocus: 91046 - Google Nexus Qualcomm Sound Driver Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 06/13/2016 10:13Updated: 08/23/2022 12:03
Changes: 06/13/2016 10:13 (62), 01/18/2019 08:26 (5), 08/23/2022 12:03 (4)
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