CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-6422
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The kernel in Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note 2, MEIZU MX, and possibly other Android devices, when running an Exynos 4210 or 4412 processor, uses weak permissions (0666) for /dev/exynos-mem, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary physical memory and gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by ExynosAbuse.
Affected configurations
• meizu mx
• samsung galaxy note 2
• samsung galaxy s2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/developer-warns-of-critical-vulnerability-in-many-samsung-smartphones/ arstechnica.com
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35469999 Exploit
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051290 forum.xda-developers.com
- http://osvdb.org/88467 osvdb.org
- http://project-voodoo.org/articles/instant-fix-app-for-exynos-mem-abuse-vulnerability-no-root-required-reversible project-voodoo.org
- http://www.sammobile.com/2012/12/16/major-vulnerability-found-on-exynos-4-devices/ www.sammobile.com
- http://www.securityweek.com/new-vulnerability-exposed-samsungs-android-devices www.securityweek.com
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/developer-warns-of-critical-vulnerability-in-many-samsung-smartphones/ arstechnica.com
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35469999 Exploit
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051290 forum.xda-developers.com
- http://osvdb.org/88467 osvdb.org
- http://project-voodoo.org/articles/instant-fix-app-for-exynos-mem-abuse-vulnerability-no-root-required-reversible project-voodoo.org
- http://www.sammobile.com/2012/12/16/major-vulnerability-found-on-exynos-4-devices/ www.sammobile.com
- http://www.securityweek.com/new-vulnerability-exposed-samsungs-android-devices www.securityweek.com