Privilege escalation in SHIELD TV - CVE‑2017‑5715
Published: November 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15733
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‑2017‑5715
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 Trusted Little Kernel (TLK) and gain access to arbitrary data.
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 Trusted Little Kernel (TLK) and gain access to arbitrary data.
Affected software
SHIELD TV
How to mitigate CVE‑2017‑5715
Update to version 7.1.
SHIELD TV - update to 7.1