Privilege escalation in SHIELD TV - CVE‑2017‑6293
Published: November 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15732
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE‑2017‑6293
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Tegra kernel driver. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code within the Tegra X1 TrustZone (TZ) with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Tegra kernel driver. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code within the Tegra X1 TrustZone (TZ) with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
SHIELD TV
How to mitigate CVE‑2017‑6293
Update to version 7.1.
SHIELD TV - update to 7.1