CVE-2017-0518

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32370896. References: QC-CR#1086530.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.6 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96950
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96950
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-03-08 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-0518

Mitre link : CVE-2017-0518

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-0518

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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