Google Android information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Google Android. The affected element is the function QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-15859. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

While processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB contains fewer than 1 byte, in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-08-11 a buffer overrun occurs.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/30/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-15859 since 10/24/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 53 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-110104, VDB-113150, VDB-113156 and VDB-113159 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: source.codeaurora.org

Timelineinfo

10/24/2017 🔍
02/05/2018 +104 days 🔍
03/30/2018 +53 days 🔍
03/30/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/24/2023 +1791 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-15859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115242
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 09:56
Updated: 02/24/2023 14:55
Changes: 03/31/2018 09:56 (60), 01/18/2020 10:23 (2), 02/24/2023 14:55 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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