Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in UNISOC products - CVE-2021-1049

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in UNISOC products - CVE-2021-1049

Published: January 9, 2022 / Updated: March 7, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59325
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1049
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a malicious application to read arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permissions in the Unisoc slogmodem. A local application can read arbitrary files on the system.


Affected software

SC9863A
SC9832E
SC7731E
UMS512
UMS312
UMS9230
UMS9620
Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2021-1049

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Android - addressed in versions 9 2022-01-05, 10 2022-01-05, 11 2022-01-05, 12 2022-01-05

External References

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