CVE-2011-1823

The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local...

Basic Information

CVE State: PUBLISHED
Reserved Date: April 20, 2011
Published Date: June 09, 2011
Last Updated: February 07, 2025
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Description: The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges via a negative index that bypasses a maximum-only signed integer check in the DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded method, which triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated by Gingerbreak.

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation: active
Technical Impact: total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild: Yes (added 2022-09-08 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/netd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79b579c92afc08ab12c0a5788d61f2dd2934836f http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b620a0b1c7ae486e979826200e8e441605b0a5d6 http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbreak-root-for-gingerbread-app-20110421/ http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/vold.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c51920c82463b240e2be0430849837d6fdc5352e http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/android-vold-mpartminors-signedness-issue/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67977 http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/03/google-patches-gingerbreak-exploit-but-dont-worry-we-still-have-root-for-now/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source	Added Date
CISA	2022-09-08 00:00:00 UTC