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CVE-2017-0553
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context…
High7.0EPSS 2.3%
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- Updated
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- google_android
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
- Elevation of privilege
- CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected Android-5.0.2
- affected Android-5.1.1
- affected Android-6.0
- affected Android-6.0.1
- affected Android-7.0
- affected Android-7.1.1
References (10)
- http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-34f6e70fdd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [libnl] 20170503 ANN: libnl 3.3.0 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2299 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 97340 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3311-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-7a5363b41d (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-3311-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1038201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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