Google Android on Nexus Player Kernel Memory access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Android on Nexus Player. This affects an unknown part of the component Kernel Memory Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-1593. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus Player (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kernel Memory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 08/01/2016 by Hector Marco as Android Security Bulletin - August 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1593 since 02/13/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 09/12/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82661 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2562-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196064 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux Vulnerabilities (USN-2563-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82661) and SecurityFocus (BID 72607†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-69034, VDB-69036, VDB-69176 and VDB-90455. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 82661
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2562-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 800909
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2015-5024
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: 4e7c22d447bb6d7e37bfe39ff658486ae78e8d77

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08/01/2016 +480 days 🔍
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09/12/2022 +2228 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: Android Security Bulletin - August 2016
Researcher: Hector Marco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90521

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SecurityFocus: 72607 - Linux Kernel ASLR CVE-2015-1593 Integer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2016 14:02
Updated: 09/12/2022 10:01
Changes: 08/06/2016 14:02 (57), 03/20/2019 14:52 (17), 09/12/2022 10:01 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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