First published: Mon May 01 2017(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-34389303. References: QC-CR#1061845.
Credit: security@android.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Android | ||
Linux kernel | =3.18 |
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CVE-2017-0612 is rated as High severity due to the potential for a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context.
To fix CVE-2017-0612, update your device to a patched version of Android or the Linux kernel that addresses the vulnerability.
CVE-2017-0612 affects Android devices and Linux kernel version 3.18.
CVE-2017-0612 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability.
CVE-2017-0612 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local access to a privileged process.