CVE-2015-8890 Information

Description

platform/msm_shared/partition_parser.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate certain GUID Partition Table (GPT) data which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted MultiMediaCard (MMC) aka Android internal bug 28822878 and Qualcomm internal bug CR823461.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=e22aca36da2bb6f5016f3c885eb8c8ff85c115e4

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8