VDB-101109 · CVE-2016-10281 · BID 98158

Google Android MediaTek Thermal Driver Application access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android. This affects an unknown function of the component MediaTek Thermal Driver. Performing a manipulation as part of Application results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-10281. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component MediaTek Thermal Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application 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. The summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal 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: N/A. Android ID: A-28175647. References: M-ALPS02696475.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was shared 05/12/2017 with Alibaba (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-10281 since 03/28/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/23/2020). 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 11 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 98158†). The entries VDB-100815, VDB-101104, VDB-101105 and VDB-101106 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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03/28/2017 🔍
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05/12/2017 +11 days 🔍
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12/23/2020 +1320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Peng Xiao, Chengming Yang, Ning You, Chao Yang, Yang song
Organization: Alibaba
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10281 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10281
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101109
SecurityFocus: 98158 - Google Android Mediatek Thermal Driver CVE-2016-10281 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10281 - Google - Android - High

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

Created: 05/13/2017 08:47
Updated: 12/23/2020 10:48
Changes: 05/13/2017 08:47 (66), 09/25/2020 16:25 (1), 12/23/2020 10:48 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:9B4:103

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