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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-0412 EUVD-2017-0766GHSA-m4v5-74p5-r79x

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within t…

Published Feb 8, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Vendor: Google Product: Android Package: android Platform: Android Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33039926.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Android Android-7.0, Android-7.1.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS android No fix yet —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

References