CVE-2014-9900

MEDIUM5.5

The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool

Published Aug 6, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.

References

WEBhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222 WEBhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=63c317dbee97983004dffdd9f742a20d17150071 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9900

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 6, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024