VDB-103279 · CVE-2017-6247 · BID 98876

Google Android NVIDIA Sound Driver Application access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NVIDIA Sound Driver. This manipulation as part of Application causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6247. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NVIDIA Sound Driver. 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 the NVIDIA sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of local arbitrary code execution in a privileged process in the kernel. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-34386301. References: N-CVE-2017-6247.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2017. The weakness was shared 07/06/2017 with TrendMicro (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6247 since 02/23/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/31/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.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 31 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 98876†). The entries VDB-102302, VDB-102303, VDB-102304 and VDB-102305 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: sevenshen
Organization: TrendMicro
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6247 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6247
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103279
SecurityFocus: 98876 - Google Android NVIDIA Sound Driver Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038623

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

Created: 07/07/2017 09:23
Updated: 12/31/2020 09:31
Changes: 07/07/2017 09:23 (62), 10/23/2019 21:12 (5), 12/31/2020 09:25 (2), 12/31/2020 09:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:38D:103

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