VDB-117573 · CVE-2017-6289 · BID 104145

Google Android NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android. Impacted is an unknown function of the component NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-6289. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment. 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:

In Android before the 2018-05-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) contains a memory corruption (due to unusual root cause) vulnerability, which if run within the speculative execution of the TEE, may lead to local escalation of privileges. This issue is rated as critical. Android: A-72830049. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6289.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2018. The weakness was presented 05/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6289 since 02/23/2017. 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 T1068 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104145†). See VDB-117574, VDB-119006, VDB-119016 and VDB-119017 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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02/23/2017 🔍
05/05/2018 +436 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6289 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6289
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117573
SecurityFocus: 104145 - Google Android NVIDIA Components Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2018 21:42
Updated: 02/04/2020 08:59
Changes: 05/10/2018 21:42 (61), 02/04/2020 08:59 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:172:103

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