VDB-101180 · CVE-2017-0611 · BID 98177

Google Android Qualcomm Sound Driver Application access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android. This affects an unknown part of the component Qualcomm Sound Driver. Such manipulation as part of Application leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-0611. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm Sound Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application 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 Qualcomm sound 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-35393841. References: QC-CR#1084210.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was published 05/12/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0611 since 11/29/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/26/2020). 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 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98177†). Similar entries are available at VDB-100815, VDB-101104, VDB-101105 and VDB-101106. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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11/29/2016 🔍
05/01/2017 +153 days 🔍
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05/12/2017 +11 days 🔍
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09/26/2020 +1232 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
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CVE: CVE-2017-0611 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0611
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101180
SecurityFocus: 98177
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0611 - Linux - Kernel - Privilege Escalation Issue

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

Created: 05/13/2017 09:06
Updated: 09/26/2020 09:17
Changes: 05/13/2017 09:06 (61), 09/26/2020 09:17 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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