CVE-2018-9488

Android - 'zygote->init;' Chain from USB Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the SELinux permissions of crash_dump.te, there is a permissions bypass due to a missing restriction. This could lead to a local escalation of privilege, with System privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9.0 Android ID: A-110107376.

En los permisos SELinux de crash_dump.te, hay una omisión de permisos debido a la falta de una restricción. Esto podría llevar a un escalado de privilegios local que necesita privilegios System. No se necesita interacción del usuario para explotarlo. Producto: Versiones de Android: Android-8.0, Android-8.1 y Android-9.0. Android ID: A-110107376.

Android suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in zygote that can be leveraged by CVE-2018-9445.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-04-05 CVE Reserved
2018-09-11 CVE Published
2018-09-11 First Exploit
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2025-04-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/149303	2018-09-11
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45379	2024-09-17

URL	Date	SRC
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01	2020-08-24

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				8.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				8.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "8.1"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				9.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "9.0"		-		Affected