PT-2018-5490 · Google · Android

Published 2018-01-12 · Updated 2018-01-29 · CVE-2017-13176

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 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

Description: The issue is related to improper input validation of the host field in the parseURL function of URLStreamHandler. This could lead to a remote elevation of privilege, enabling the bypassing of user interaction requirements with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13176

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13176 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13176 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040106 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102422 · Note