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CVE-2011-1823

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/9/2011

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorAndroid

ProductAndroid OS

Vulnerability NameAndroid OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-09-08

Remediation Due Date2022-09-29

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

google:android

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190CWE-190

References

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b620a0b1c7ae486e979826200e8e441605b0a5d6(cve@mitre.org)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/netd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79b579c92afc08ab12c0a5788d61f2dd2934836f(cve@mitre.org)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/vold.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c51920c82463b240e2be0430849837d6fdc5352e(cve@mitre.org)

http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbreak-root-for-gingerbread-app-20110421/(cve@mitre.org)

http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/03/google-patches-gingerbreak-exploit-but-dont-worry-we-still-have-root-for-now/(cve@mitre.org)

http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/android-vold-mpartminors-signedness-issue/(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67977(cve@mitre.org)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b620a0b1c7ae486e979826200e8e441605b0a5d6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/netd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79b579c92afc08ab12c0a5788d61f2dd2934836f(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/vold.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c51920c82463b240e2be0430849837d6fdc5352e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbreak-root-for-gingerbread-app-20110421/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/03/google-patches-gingerbreak-exploit-but-dont-worry-we-still-have-root-for-now/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/android-vold-mpartminors-signedness-issue/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67977(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-1823(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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