CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $25k-$100k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the component MediaTek Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31224389. References: MT-ALPS02943506.
The bug was discovered 12/05/2016. The weakness was released 01/12/2017 by Alibaba with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6782 since 08/11/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/20/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 90448, 90450, 95213 and 95214.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/11/2016 🔍12/05/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Alibaba
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2016-6782 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94683 - Google Android MediaTek Drivers Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-6782 - Linux - Kernel - Privilege Escalation Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 01/13/2017 08:09Updated: 07/20/2020 16:36
Changes: 01/13/2017 08:09 (61), 07/20/2020 16:36 (7)
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