Local privilege escalation via stack overflow
Published Feb 9, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Android on MediaTek chipsets 11.0 and 12.0 allows local users to gain privileges via power_hal_manager_service. The service copies attacker-controlled data into a fixed-size stack buffer without adequate bounds enforcement, enabling a stack-based overflow that bypasses permission checks. Exploitation requires local access but no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and can result in escalation to system-level capabilities.
Summary
What happened
Android on MediaTek chipsets 11.0 and 12.0 allows local users to gain privileges via power_hal_manager_service. The service copies attacker-controlled data into a fixed-size stack buffer without adequate bounds enforcement, enabling a stack-based overflow that bypasses permission checks. Exploitation requires local access but no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and can result in escalation to system-level capabilities.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-20040
- Published
- Feb 9, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-121, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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