Google Android on Qualcomm HLOS Request privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Qualcomm. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HLOS. This manipulation as part of Request causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-10471. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Android on Qualcomm (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HLOS. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile and Snapdragon Mobile SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, and SD 820A, an unsigned RTIC health report susceptible to tampering by malware executing in the context of the HLOS may be requested.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/18/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10471 since 08/16/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/27/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.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 14 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†). The entries VDB-83180, VDB-105483, VDB-105484 and VDB-105488 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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