Power-On Write-Protect Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components on Nexus 7 (2013) Devices

Power-On Write-Protect Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components on Nexus 7 (2013) Devices

CVE-2014-9793 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

platform/msm_shared/mmc.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices mishandles the power-on write-protect feature, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28821253 and Qualcomm internal bug CR580567.

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