PT-2017-1888 · Mediatek+1 · Mediatek Camera Driver+1

Gengjia Chen + 1 · Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0566

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/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 the MediaTek camera driver, which could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient access control in the MediaTek camera driver, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context using a special application.

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:2017-01048

CVE-2017-0566

Affected Products

Android

Mediatek Camera Driver

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01048 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038201 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97351 · Note