PT-2020-11432 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0066

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write due to a race condition in the netlink driver. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, consider applying a patch to fix the race condition in the netlink driver as a permanent solution. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the netlink driver to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Race Condition

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-0066

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-03-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0066 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-0066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-0066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-0066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0066 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1495 · Telegram Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/db65a3aaf29ecce2e34271d52e8d2336b97bd9fe · Note