VDB-97628 · CVE-2016-8477 · BID 96749

Google Android Qualcomm Camera Driver information disclosure

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.0$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Qualcomm Camera Driver. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-8477. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Qualcomm Camera Driver. 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. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32720522. References: QC-CR#1090007.

The bug was discovered 01/03/2017. The weakness was presented 03/08/2017 by derrek (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8477 since 10/05/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/04/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 63 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96749†). See VDB-94929, VDB-94930, VDB-94931 and VDB-94932 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.7
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/05/2016 🔍
01/03/2017 +90 days 🔍
03/07/2017 +63 days 🔍
03/07/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/08/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/04/2020 +1276 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Researcher: derrek
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-8477 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8477
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97628
SecurityFocus: 96749 - Google Android Qualcomm Camera Driver Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8477 - Linux - Kernel - Information Disclosure Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2017 10:59
Updated: 09/04/2020 17:25
Changes: 03/08/2017 10:59 (65), 09/04/2020 17:25 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:C1E:103

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Interested in the pricing of exploits?

See the underground prices here!