Google Android on Snapdragon Qualcomm Request information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google Android on Snapdragon. Affected is an unknown function of the component Qualcomm. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-18072. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Snapdragon (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA4531, QCA6174A, QCA6564, QCA6574, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9378, QCA9379, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, the probe requests originated from user's phone contains the information elements which specifies the supported wifi features. This shall impact the user's privacy if someone sniffs the probe requests originated by this DUT. Hence, control the presence of which information elements is supported.

The bug was discovered 04/05/2018. The weakness was published 04/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-18072 since 01/22/2018. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 103671†). Similar entries are available at VDB-83180, VDB-105483, VDB-105484 and VDB-105488. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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