Published:2017/12/11  Last Updated:2017/12/11

JVN#27342829
Qt for Android environment variables alteration

Overview

Qt for Android contains an information alteration vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Qt for Android prior to 5.9.3

Description

Qt for Android contains an information alteration vulnerability.

Impact

A remote attacker may alter environemt variables of the apps created using Qt. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed.

Solution

Update the Software
Update to the latest version of software according to the information provided by the developer.

Apply the Patch
Patches have been released for Qt for Android 5.7 and 5.8. For more information, refer to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Link
The Qt Company Security advisory about Qt for Android

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score: 5.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 5.1
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Satoru Nagaoka of Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2017-10905
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000247