Huawei P7/P8 Camera Driver permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Huawei P7 and P8. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Camera Driver. This manipulation causes permission. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-8223. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei P7 and P8 (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Camera Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei P7 before P7-L00C17B851, P7-L05C00B851, and P7-L09C92B85, and P8 ALE-UL00 before ALE-UL00B211 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OS crash) by leveraging camera permissions and via crafted input to the camera driver.

The bug was discovered 11/06/2015. The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www1.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8223 since 11/17/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 524 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/06/2015 🔍
11/17/2015 +11 days 🔍
04/13/2017 +513 days 🔍
04/13/2017 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/30/2020 +1234 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: www1.huawei.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99787
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-8223 - Huawei - Multiple Products - Denial of Service Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2017 10:14
Updated: 08/30/2020 16:14
Changes: 04/14/2017 10:14 (53), 08/30/2020 16:14 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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