VDB-99385 · CVE-2017-0546 · BID 97341

Google Android up to 7.1.1 SurfaceFlinger Application access control

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android up to 7.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component SurfaceFlinger. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in SurfaceFlinger 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: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32628763.

The bug was discovered 04/07/2017. The weakness was published 04/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0546 since 11/29/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. 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 11/27/2022). 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.

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

Similar entries are available at 99354, 99375, 99376 and 99383.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
04/03/2017 +125 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4 days 🔍
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04/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/27/2022 +2059 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0546 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038201
SecurityFocus: 97341 - Google Android SurfaceFlinger CVE-2017-0546 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0546 - Google - Android - High

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

Created: 04/08/2017 09:40 AM
Updated: 11/27/2022 10:05 AM
Changes: 04/08/2017 09:40 AM (61), 08/26/2020 06:06 PM (5), 11/27/2022 10:05 AM (3)
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