Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.
Exploits (3)
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
Technical Description, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.4437
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (4)
Google Inc./Android
Kernel-3.10
Google Inc./Android
Kernel-3.18
linux/linux_kernel
3.10
linux/linux_kernel
3.18
Published
May 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026