Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2018-6240

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2018-6240

Published: September 6, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35566
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6240
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

NVIDIA Tegra contains a vulnerability in BootRom where a user with kernel level privileges can write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary physical address


How to mitigate CVE-2018-6240

Install update from vendor's website.

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