VDB-96678 · CVE-2017-0415 · BID 96089

Google Android 6.0/6.0.1/7.0/7.1.1 Mediaserver access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android 6.0/6.0.1/7.0/7.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Mediaserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32706020.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2017. The weakness was presented 02/08/2017 by Guang Gong with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0415 since 11/29/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96089†). See VDB-96659, VDB-96660, VDB-96661 and VDB-96662 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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11/29/2016 🔍
02/06/2017 +69 days 🔍
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11/12/2022 +2103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Guang Gong
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0415 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 96089 - Google Android Mediaserver CVE-2017-0415 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0415 - Google - Android - High
SecurityTracker: 1037798

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2017 09:08 PM
Updated: 11/12/2022 08:51 AM
Changes: 02/08/2017 09:08 PM (61), 08/13/2020 10:23 PM (8), 11/12/2022 08:51 AM (3)
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