Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2011-1823

TLP:CLEAR

Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.

Facts

  • Vendor: Android
  • Product: Android OS
  • CVSS: 7.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 41.4 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 8 September 2022
  • First known exploitation: 8 September 2022
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 29 September 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-189
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 8 September 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD