PT-2017-1440 · Google · Android

Hanxiang Wen + 2 · Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0479

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 versions 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Audioserver application of the Android operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process using a local malicious application. This problem is considered high because it can be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities that are not normally accessible to third-party applications.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. 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:2017-00580

CVE-2017-0479

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00580 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0479 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96958 · Note