VDB-97701 · CVE-2017-0522 · BID 96798

Google Android MediaTek APK access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Google Android. Affected is an unknown function of the component MediaTek APK. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-0522. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component MediaTek APK. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in a MediaTek APK could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of local arbitrary code execution in a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-32916158. References: M-ALPS03032516.

The bug was discovered 03/06/2017. The weakness was released 03/08/2017 with Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-0522 since 11/29/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/05/2020). 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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 96798†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-94929, VDB-94930, VDB-94931 and VDB-94932. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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11/29/2016 🔍
03/06/2017 +97 days 🔍
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09/05/2020 +1277 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Organization: Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0522 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0522
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97701
SecurityFocus: 96798 - Google Android MediaTek APK CVE-2017-0522 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0522 - Google - Android - High

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

Created: 03/08/2017 11:22
Updated: 09/05/2020 12:52
Changes: 03/08/2017 11:22 (65), 09/05/2020 12:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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