CVE-2022-21770 Path traversal in MT6781, MT6877, MT6879, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8791, MT8797, MT8798
Local attackers with system privileges can exploit symlink following in the sound driver to disclose sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-21770?
CVE-2022-21770 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In sound driver, there is a possible information disclosure due to symlink following. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06558663; Issue ID: ALPS06558663.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21770?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-21770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-21770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-599w-rmp9-p3vv.