CVE-2014-9900 Information

Description

The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not initialize a certain data structure which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=63c317dbee97983004dffdd9f742a20d17150071

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5