PT-2017-1420 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver. This could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel, potentially leading to a local permanent device compromise. The vulnerability is rated as Critical and may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00560

CVE-2017-0500

Affected Products

Android

Mediatek

References · 10

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00560 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0500 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0500 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96726 · Note