VDB-105377 · CVE-2016-5858 · BID 98215

Google Android Qualcomm IOCTL information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android. This affects an unknown function of the component Qualcomm IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5858. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Qualcomm IOCTL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android releases form CAF using the Linux kernel, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/16/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5858 since 06/28/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 103 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98215†). The entries VDB-100815, VDB-101104, VDB-101105 and VDB-101106 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: source.codeaurora.org

Timelineinfo

06/28/2016 🔍
05/01/2017 +307 days 🔍
05/05/2017 +4 days 🔍
08/16/2017 +103 days 🔍
08/16/2017 +0 days 🔍
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12/15/2022 +1947 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-5858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105377
SecurityFocus: 98215 - Google Android Qualcomm Sound Codec Driver CVE-2016-5858 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Created: 08/16/2017 22:03
Updated: 12/15/2022 19:35
Changes: 08/16/2017 22:03 (61), 11/07/2019 15:07 (4), 12/15/2022 19:35 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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