Critical severity · published Oct 4, 2017
CVE-2017-0822
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system (camera)
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system (camera). Product: Android. Versions: 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0. Android ID: A-63787722.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
6.0; 6.0.1; 7.0; 7.1.0; 7.1.1; 7.1.2; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0822
Issue Tracking
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/c574568aaede7f652432deb7707f20ae54bbdf9a
Patch
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-10-01
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