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AndroidOS_ExploitStagefright.A

February 22, 2022
 PLATFORM:

AndroidOS

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes


  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

3,247 bytes

File Type:

MP4

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

17 Feb 2022

Other Details

This Trojan takes advantage of the following exploit(s):

  • CVE-2015-1538 is the Stagefright library vulnerability which was reported at 2015-02-06. This is an integer overflow in the SampleTable::setSampleToChunkParams function in SampleTable.cpp in libstagefright in Android before

Mobile Malware Routine

This Trojan is capable of doing the following:

  • This is MP4 file. The file can be used to trigger the Android vulnerability CVE-2015-1538. Some Apps use such file to exploit user Android system, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted atoms in MP4 data that trigger an unchecked multiplication.
  • Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by sending MMS or WEB pages containing specially crafted media files such as MP4 file. The expected result of the exploit is to allow attacker to take pictures or listen to the microphone remotely without exploiting additional vulnerabilities.

NOTES:

Android MSDK Light Pattern version: 2.309.00

Date: 2022-02-25

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

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