CVE-2017-18649
CVSS V2 Medium 6.5
CVSS V3 High 7.2
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can boot a device with root privileges because the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset lacks an integrity check of the system image, aka the "SamFAIL" issue. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10465 (November 2017).
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-18649
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-04-07T16:15:15
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-04-08T17:20:35
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:msm8998:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.2
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb | Vendor Advisory |
| https://androidcommunity.com/samfail-method-gives-root-access-to-samsung-galaxy-note-8-snapdragon-variant-20171009/ | Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18649 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18649 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:45:17 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 14:02:00 | 2020-04-07T16:15Z | 2020-04-07T16:15:15 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 14:02:00 | 2020-04-08T17:20:35 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 14:02:00 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |