PT-2017-2270 · Google · Android

Gengjia Chen + 1 · Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2017-07-17 · CVE-2016-8479

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 Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the Qualcomm GPU driver could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue may lead to a local permanent device compromise, potentially requiring reflashing the operating system to repair the device. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the Qualcomm GPU driver.

Recommendations For versions Kernel-3.10 and Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to the kernel to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the execution of arbitrary code within the kernel context may help mitigate the issue. However, specific steps for these versions are not provided, so 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:2017-01468

CVE-2016-8479

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8479 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8479 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01468 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96801 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note