PT-2018-19021 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-06 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-9488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 8.0 through 9.0

Description A permissions bypass issue exists in the SELinux permissions of crash dump.te due to a missing restriction. This could lead to a local escalation of privilege, requiring System privileges. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 8.0 through 9.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the permissions bypass issue in crash dump.te to prevent local escalation of privilege.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9488

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45379 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9488 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01 · Vendor Advisory