CVE-2017-13168 Privilege escalation in Android

What is CVE-2017-13168?

CVE-2017-13168 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel scsi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-65023233.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13168?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13168?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-13168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13168, GHSA-94xj-6h93-9hj5, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13168.