Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:63708

Info

Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 63708
Class: Environment Error
CVE: CVE-2013-6774
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 13 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 21 2013 12:56AM
Credit: Kevin Cernekee
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple Android Superuser packages are prone to an local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can leverage this issue to run commands with root privileges and gain escalated privileges.

The following versions are affected:

ChainsDD Superuser including 3.1.3
CyanogenMod Superuser 1.0.2.1
ClockWorkMod Superuser 1.0.2.1
Koush Superuser 1.0.2.1
Chainfire SuperSU versions prior to 1.69

Exploit / POC

Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Attackers can use standard commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Multiple Android Superuser Packages Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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