Google Android MediaTek ioctl access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component MediaTek ioctl. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0864. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component MediaTek ioctl. 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:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek ioctl (flashlight). Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-37277147. References: M-ALPS03394571.

The bug was discovered 11/08/2017. The weakness was shared 11/16/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0864 since 11/29/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-104449, VDB-109492, VDB-109498 and VDB-109499 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
11/08/2017 +344 days 🔍
11/16/2017 +8 days 🔍
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11/17/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2019 +750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109514
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/17/2017 08:03
Updated: 12/07/2019 13:46
Changes: 11/17/2017 08:03 (59), 12/07/2019 13:46 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:5F2:103

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