Huawei MediaPad M3/Mate 9 Pro/P10 Plus Mdapt Driver memory corruption

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Huawei MediaPad M3, Mate 9 Pro and P10 Plus. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Mdapt Driver. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-7992. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Huawei MediaPad M3, Mate 9 Pro and P10 Plus (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Mdapt Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Mdapt Driver of Huawei MediaPad M3 BTV-W09C128B353CUSTC128D001; Mate 9 Pro versions earlier than 8.0.0.356(C00); P10 Plus versions earlier than 8.0.0.357(C00) has a buffer overflow vulnerability. The driver does not sufficiently validate the input, an attacker could trick the user to install a malicious application which would send crafted parameters to the driver. Successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition.
The bug was discovered 07/25/2018. The weakness was released 07/31/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-7992 since 03/08/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
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 $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
03/08/2018 🔍07/25/2018 🔍
07/31/2018 🔍
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08/01/2018 🔍
04/27/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: huawei.comAdvisory: sa-20180725-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-7992 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7992
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122451
Entry
Created: 08/01/2018 11:07Updated: 04/27/2023 23:47
Changes: 08/01/2018 11:07 (57), 03/12/2020 09:31 (2), 04/27/2023 23:47 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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