CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8609

Published: Dec 15, 2014 | Modified: Dec 16, 2014
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The addAccount method in src/com/android/settings/accounts/AddAccountSettings.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.0.0 does not properly create a PendingIntent, which allows attackers to use the SYSTEM uid for broadcasting an intent with arbitrary component, action, or category information via a third-party authenticator in a crafted application, aka Bug 17356824.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google * 4.4.4 (including)
Android Google 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Android Google 4.0.1 (including) 4.0.1 (including)
Android Google 4.0.2 (including) 4.0.2 (including)
Android Google 4.0.3 (including) 4.0.3 (including)
Android Google 4.0.4 (including) 4.0.4 (including)
Android Google 4.1 (including) 4.1 (including)
Android Google 4.1.2 (including) 4.1.2 (including)
Android Google 4.2 (including) 4.2 (including)
Android Google 4.2.1 (including) 4.2.1 (including)
Android Google 4.2.2 (including) 4.2.2 (including)
Android Google 4.3 (including) 4.3 (including)
Android Google 4.3.1 (including) 4.3.1 (including)
Android Google 4.4 (including) 4.4 (including)
Android Google 4.4.1 (including) 4.4.1 (including)
Android Google 4.4.2 (including) 4.4.2 (including)
Android Google 4.4.3 (including) 4.4.3 (including)

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