Vulnerability CVE-2015-8937

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8937 (CCN-116296)

Assigned:

2016-08-01

Published:

2016-08-01

Updated:

2016-11-28

Summary:

drivers/char/diag/diagchar_core.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 6, and 7 (2013) devices mishandles a socket process, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803962 and Qualcomm internal bug CR770548.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-19

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8937

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security BulletinAugust 2016

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20158937-priv-esc(116296)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/h:google:nexus_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20158937000	V	CVE-2015-8937 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2016-08-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158937000	V	CVE-2015-8937 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-08-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158937000	V	CVE-2015-8937 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-08-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201589370000000	V	CVE-2015-8937 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-08-06

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