Huawei Vicky-AL00A Madapt Driver Application use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei Vicky-AL00A, Vicky-AL00C, Vicky-TL00A, Victoria-AL00A and Victoria-TL00A. This impacts an unknown function of the component Madapt Driver. Performing a manipulation as part of Application results in use after free. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-8160. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei Vicky-AL00A, Vicky-AL00C, Vicky-TL00A, Victoria-AL00A and Victoria-TL00A. This affects some unknown processing of the component Madapt Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Madapt Driver of some Huawei smart phones with software Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172 versions,Vicky-AL00CC768B122,Vicky-TL00AC01B167,Earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B172 versions,Victoria-TL00AC00B123,Victoria-TL00AC01B167 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application which has a high privilege to exploit this vulnerability, Successful exploitation may cause arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2017. The weakness was shared 11/22/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-8160 since 04/25/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/25/2017 🔍
10/18/2017 +176 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +35 days 🔍
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11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2023 +1880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171018-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8160 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8160
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109899

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 16:12
Updated: 01/16/2023 06:54
Changes: 11/23/2017 16:12 (57), 12/10/2019 09:06 (2), 01/16/2023 06:54 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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