PT-2017-3215 · Google · Android

Published 2017-11-01 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0833

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 6.0 through 8.0

Description A remote code execution issue in the Android media framework (libavc) is related to inadequate access control. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process using a specially crafted file.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 8.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02647

CVE-2017-0833

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02647 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0833 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0833 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101717 · Note