CVE-2015-8944

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices, uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Android internal bug 28814213 and Qualcomm internal bug CR786116. NOTE: the permissions may be intentional in most non-Android contexts.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8944
  • Assigner
  • security@android.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-06T10:59:54
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T19:50:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/kernel-hardening/2016/04/06/22 Mailing List Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=e758417e7c31b975c862aa55d0ceef28f3cc9104 Issue Tracking Patch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8944
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8944
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:05:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:46:55 2016-08-06T10:59Z 2016-08-06T10:59:54 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:46:55 2016-11-28T19:50:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:46:55 Modified Vulnerability Status updated