CVE-2017-0411 Race condition in Android

What is CVE-2017-0411?

CVE-2017-0411 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33042690.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0411?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0411?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0411 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0411 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-0411 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5vxj-qrgr-4w8q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0411.