MempoDroid.A
Severity Level: Medium
AppRisk Coverage: Yes
Type: Exploit
OWASP: M4: Unintended Data Leakage
Aliases:
- Linux Local Privilege Escalation via SUID
- Exploit:AndroidOS/CVE-2012-0056.A
Platform: Android, Linux
File size (bytes): N/A
Filename: N/A
App title: N/A
MD5 Hash: N/A
SHA1 hash: N/A
Affected CVE:
- CVE-2012-0056
Details or analysis:
In Linux kernel after 2.6.39 and before 3.2.2, with ASLR disabled, the “mem_write” function does not properly check permissions when writing to process memory. This vulnerability could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying process memory.
CVE-2012-0056 is not known to be exploitable remotely.
Reference:
- Security