PT-2017-2169 · Google · Android

Published 2017-05-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0612

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 versions Kernel-3.18

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver of the Android operating system. Exploitation of this issue could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel by compromising a local malicious application. This problem is considered high severity because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.18, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue, as referenced by Android ID: A-34389303.

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01362

CVE-2017-0612

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01362 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0612 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0612 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98231 · Note