VDB-100451 · CVE-2016-2433 · BID 98034

BlackBerry prior AAE570 Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BlackBerry. Affected is an unknown function of the component Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-2433. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in BlackBerry. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver for Android, as used by BlackBerry smartphones before Build AAE570, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2016. The weakness was released 04/21/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.blackberry.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2433 since 02/18/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/22/2017). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 354 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version AAE570 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98034†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: BlackBerry AAE570

Timelineinfo

02/18/2016 🔍
05/02/2016 +74 days 🔍
04/21/2017 +354 days 🔍
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04/22/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.blackberry.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-2433 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100451
SecurityFocus: 98034 - BlackBerry Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver CVE-2016-2433 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-2433 - Google - Android - High

Entryinfo

Created: 04/22/2017 08:46
Changes: 04/22/2017 08:46 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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