CVE-2017-0415

HIGH

Android <7.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-0415. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in Android's BufferQueue (CVE-2017-0415) by rapidly dequeuing buffers while setting consumer names, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by triggering a 'TransactFailed' error, indicating memory corruption.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32706020.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars

by codecat007 · cpoc

https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2017-0415

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This PoC exploits a race condition in Android's BufferQueue (CVE-2017-0415) by rapidly dequeuing buffers while setting consumer names, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by triggering a 'TransactFailed' error, indicating memory corruption.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Racy

Target: Android (versions prior to 2017-04-05 security patch)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to the target device's SurfaceFlinger/BufferQueue interface

MITRE ATT&CK

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96089

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (9)

google/android 6.0

google/android 6.0.1

google/android 7.0

google/android 7.1.0

google/android 7.1.1

Google Inc./Android Android-6.0

Google Inc./Android Android-6.0.1

Google Inc./Android Android-7.0

Google Inc./Android Android-7.1.1

Published Feb 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026