Huawei Mate 7 prior V100R001CHNC00B126SP03 TEEOS Crafted Application memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Huawei Mate 7. This affects an unknown function of the component TEEOS. This manipulation as part of Crafted Application causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-4422. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 7 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component TEEOS. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Application leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The TEEOS module in Huawei Mate 7 (Mate7-TL10) smartphone before V100R001CHNC00B126SP03 allows local users with root permissions to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application.

The bug was discovered 05/20/2015. The weakness was shared 10/19/2017 by Di Shen with Qihoo 360 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www1.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-4422 since 06/08/2015. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 883 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version V100R001CHNC00B126SP03 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 74742†). The entry VDB-108258 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Huawei

Name

• Mate 7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mate 7 V100R001CHNC00B126SP03

Timelineinfo

05/20/2015 🔍
05/20/2015 +0 days 🔍
06/08/2015 +19 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +864 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/26/2019 +767 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: www1.huawei.com
Researcher: Di Shen
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-4422 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4422
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108259
SecurityFocus: 74742 - Huawei Mate 7 Smartphone Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2017 08:44
Updated: 11/26/2019 17:56
Changes: 10/20/2017 08:44 (67), 11/26/2019 17:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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