VDB-106964 · CVE-2017-9720 · BID 100658

Google Android Qualcomm Camera Driver access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm Camera Driver. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-9720. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Qualcomm Camera Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to an off-by-one error in a camera driver, an out-of-bounds read/write can occur.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was shared 09/21/2017 by Alibaba with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-9720 since 06/15/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. 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 16 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 100658†). The entries VDB-101269, VDB-101388, VDB-101623 and VDB-106244 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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

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Timelineinfo

06/15/2017 🔍
09/05/2017 +82 days 🔍
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09/21/2017 +16 days 🔍
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01/14/2021 +1211 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: Pengfei Ding, Chenfu Bao , Lenx Wei (Alibaba)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-9720 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9720
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106964
SecurityFocus: 100658 - Google Android Qualcomm Components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 09/21/2017 21:51
Updated: 01/14/2021 06:56
Changes: 09/21/2017 21:51 (62), 11/18/2019 15:38 (5), 01/14/2021 06:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:46D:103

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