VDB-96692 · CVE-2017-0429 · BID 96070

Google Android NVIDIA GPU Driver access control

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7.8	$25k-$100k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component NVIDIA GPU Driver. 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. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32636619. References: N-CVE-2017-0429.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2017. The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0429 since 11/29/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 11/12/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 entries 90530, 91457, 92361 and 94958 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Google

Name

Android

License

free

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
02/06/2017 +69 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2017 +2 days 🔍
02/08/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/12/2022 +2103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-0429 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037798
SecurityFocus: 96070 - Google Nexus NVIDIA GPU Driver Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0429 - NVIDIA - GPU Driver - Privilege Escalation Issue

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

Created: 02/08/2017 09:09 PM
Updated: 11/12/2022 09:24 AM
Changes: 02/08/2017 09:09 PM (60), 08/14/2020 08:43 AM (6), 11/12/2022 09:24 AM (2)
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