CVE-2017-5948

Published May 11, 2017

Last updated 20 days ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered on OnePlus One, X, 2, 3, and 3T devices. OxygenOS and HydrogenOS are vulnerable to downgrade attacks. This is due to a lenient 'updater-script' in OTAs that does not check that the current version is lower than or equal to the given image's. Downgrades can occur even on locked bootloaders and without triggering a factory reset, allowing for exploitation of now-patched vulnerabilities with access to user data. This vulnerability can be exploited by a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attacker targeting the update process. This is possible because the update transaction does not occur over TLS (CVE-2016-10370). In addition, a physical attacker can reboot the phone into recovery, and then use 'adb sideload' to push the OTA (on OnePlus 3/3T 'Secure Start-up' must be off).
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.9
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations