Google Android up to 9.0 Permission permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android up to 9.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Permission. This manipulation causes permission. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-15835. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android up to 9.0 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Android 1.0 through 9.0 has Insecure Permissions. The Android bug ID is 77286983.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2018. The weakness was released 11/30/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-15835 since 08/23/2018. 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 06/12/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Android

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.3
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.2
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.4
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.1
• 5.1.1
• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 9.0

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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