Google Android CA Certificate information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component CA Certificate Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-21265. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component CA Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In multiple locations, there are root CA certificates which need to be disabled. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

The weakness was published 08/15/2023. The advisory is shared at android.googlesource.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21265 since 11/03/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/10/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/03/2022 🔍
08/15/2023 +284 days 🔍
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10/10/2024 +421 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: android.googlesource.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21265 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21265
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237125
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2023 09:10
Updated: 10/10/2024 00:48
Changes: 08/15/2023 09:10 (40), 09/09/2023 08:40 (11), 10/10/2024 00:48 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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