Vulnerability CVE-2017-0563
Published: 2017-04-07   Modified: 2017-04-08

Description:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC touchscreen driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32089409.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Google Nexus 9 Cypress SAR Firmware Injection via I2C
Aleph Research
08.05.2017

Type:

CWE-345

 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/19
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97342
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2017009
https://github.com/alephsecurity/PoCs/tree/master/CVE-2017-0563
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
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