CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component MediaTek Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 01/03/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/05/2017 with Shell as Android Security Bulletin - January 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Google. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8472 since 10/05/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 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 $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries 90138, 94929, 94930 and 94931 are pretty similar.
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Vendor
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 4.7
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/05/2016 🔍01/03/2017 🔍
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01/04/2017 🔍
01/05/2017 🔍
01/05/2017 🔍
01/12/2017 🔍
10/27/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: Android Security Bulletin - January 2017
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8472 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 95235 - Google Android MediaTek Drivers Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8472 - Google - Android - Low
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 01/04/2017 18:43Updated: 10/27/2022 14:39
Changes: 01/04/2017 18:43 (65), 07/14/2020 16:21 (7), 10/27/2022 14:39 (4)
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