MediaTek MT8797 vow Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8791 and MT8797. This impacts an unknown function of the component vow. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-26461. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8791 and MT8797 (Chip Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component vow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In vow, there is a possible undefined behavior due to an API misuse. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07032604; Issue ID: ALPS07032604.

The weakness was released 09/07/2022 as ALPS07032604. The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-26461 since 03/04/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch ALPS07032604 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: ALPS07032604

Timelineinfo

03/04/2022 🔍
09/07/2022 +186 days 🔍
09/07/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/12/2025 +1009 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS07032604
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26461 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207986

Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2022 16:27
Updated: 06/12/2025 17:19
Changes: 09/07/2022 16:27 (39), 10/13/2022 16:43 (10), 06/12/2025 17:19 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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