Privilege escalation via unrestricted peripheral memory mapping
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated Nov 20, 2024
Out-of-bounds access in the MediaTek Preloader on affected Android devices allows attackers to gain elevated privileges. The exposed interface maps attacker-selected peripheral memory without sufficient allowlisting or denylisting, permitting reads and writes outside intended bounds. Exploitation requires physical device access and user interaction; successful access compromises boot-stage confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in the MediaTek Preloader on affected Android devices allows attackers to gain elevated privileges. The exposed interface maps attacker-selected peripheral memory without sufficient allowlisting or denylisting, permitting reads and writes outside intended bounds. Exploitation requires physical device access and user interaction; successful access compromises boot-stage confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2018-9371
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-125, CWE-787, T1404
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 20, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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