OxygenOS up to 5.0 Qualcomm Emergency Download 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OxygenOS up to 5.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Qualcomm Emergency Download. Performing a manipulation results in 7pk security. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-5947. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OxygenOS up to 5.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm Emergency Download. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-254. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in OnePlus One, X, 2, 3, 3T, and 5 devices with OxygenOS 5.0 and earlier. The attacker can reboot the device into the Qualcomm Emergency Download (EDL) mode through ADB or by using Volume-Up when connected to USB, which in turn could allow for downgrading partitions such as the Android Bootloader.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2018. The weakness was released 03/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at alephsecurity.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5947 since 02/09/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 66 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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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

02/09/2017 🔍
01/22/2018 +347 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +66 days 🔍
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03/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2020 +659 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: alephsecurity.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115221

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2018 12:32
Updated: 01/18/2020 08:42
Changes: 03/30/2018 12:32 (55), 01/18/2020 08:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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