initroot: Bypassing Nexus 6 Secure Boot through Kernel Command-line Injection

In the May 2017 Android Security Bulletin, Google released a patch to a critical and unique vulnerability CVE-2016-10277 in the Nexus 6 bootloader we had found and responsibly disclosed. By exploiting the vulnerability, a physical adversary or one with authorized-ADB/fastboot USB access to the...

Original Bluetooth App vulnerability series analysis one of the CVE20170601-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Author: little Lotus just buds@MS509Team 0x01 summary 2017 5 on Android security Bulletin fixes we submitted a Bluetooth mention the right to risk vulnerability, this vulnerability although simple, but rather interesting, able to make local malicious Apps to bypass the user interaction, allowing...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader 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...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator 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...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader 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...

Code injection

Product: Apache Cordova Android 5.2.2 and earlier. The application calls methods of the Log class. Messages passed to these methods Log.v, Log.d, Log.i, Log.w, and Log.e are stored in a series of circular buffers on the device. By default, a maximum of four 16 KB rotated logs are kept in addition...

CVE-2017-0604

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel Qualcomm power 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...

CVE-2017-0567

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi 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:...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in CameraBase could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code. This issue is rated as High because it is a local arbitrary code execution in a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC OEM fastboot command could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the sensor hub. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires exploitation of separate vulnerabilities. Product: Android...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0583

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm CP access driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and because of vulnerability...

CVE-2017-0565

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal 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: N/A...

CVE-2017-0578

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the DTS sound 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: N/A. Android...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA boot and power management processor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the boot and power management processor. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA I2C HID 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...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA crypto 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...

Android Code Execution

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm IPA driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges and execute arbitrary code within the kernel context, using a local malicious application...

Google Kicks Out Largest Android Adware Family From The Play Store

With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively push ads like banners or pop-ups on mobile screens to make money. The troublesome part is that Adware is now becoming trojanized and more...

March Android Security Update Breaks SafetyNet, Android Pay

An issue with the March Android over-the-air security update has been resolved after Nexus 6 users complained that Android Pay no longer worked after installation of the update. The update in fact broke Android’s SafetyNet API which provides a constant check on device integrity, blocking access t...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver, could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical...