7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2018-9445

Published: 06/11/2018 Updated: 12/12/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 0.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

In readMetadata of Utils.cpp, there is a possible path traversal bug due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege when mounting a USB device with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android-6.0 Android-6.0.1 Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1 Android-7.1.2 Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android ID: A-80436257.

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Exploits

When a USB mass storage device is inserted into an Android phone (even if the phone is locked!), vold will attempt to automatically mount partitions from the inserted device For this purpose, vold has to identify the partitions on the connected device and collect some information about them, which is done in readMetadata() in system/vold/Utilscpp ...