Google Android Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-29779. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

there is a possible escalation of privilege due to an unusual root cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-29779 since 03/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/18/2024).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.4
CNA Vector (Google_Devices): 🔍

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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

03/19/2024 🔍
09/14/2024 +178 days 🔍
09/14/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/18/2024 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-29779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-29779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277484
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2024 07:23
Updated: 09/18/2024 17:06
Changes: 09/14/2024 07:23 (52), 09/18/2024 17:06 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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