CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-9724

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Sep 21, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user-level permissions can be used to gain access to kernel memory, specifically the ION cache maintenance code is writing to a user supplied address.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google * 8.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References