NVIDIA Tegra Kernel CORE DVFS Thermal Driver access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in NVIDIA Tegra Kernel. This impacts an unknown function of the component CORE DVFS Thermal Driver. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-6278. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in NVIDIA Tegra Kernel (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component CORE DVFS Thermal Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Tegra kernel contains a vulnerability in the CORE DVFS Thermal driver where there is the potential to read or write a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

The bug was discovered 03/20/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/26/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6278 since 02/23/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

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Timelineinfo

02/23/2017 🔍
03/20/2018 +390 days 🔍
03/26/2018 +6 days 🔍
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03/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2020 +660 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115047

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2018 11:03
Updated: 01/16/2020 19:56
Changes: 03/27/2018 11:03 (56), 01/16/2020 19:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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