CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2420

Published: Apr 18, 2016 | Modified: Apr 22, 2016
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

rootdir/init.rc in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 does not ensure that the /data/tombstones directory exists for the Debuggerd component, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26403620.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
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)
Android Google 5.0 (including) 5.0 (including)
Android Google 5.0.1 (including) 5.0.1 (including)
Android Google 5.1 (including) 5.1 (including)
Android Google 5.1.0 (including) 5.1.0 (including)
Android Google 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Android Google 6.0.1 (including) 6.0.1 (including)
Android Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Android Ubuntu trusty *
Android Ubuntu upstream *
Android Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Android Ubuntu wily *
Android Ubuntu xenial *
Android Ubuntu yakkety *
Android Ubuntu zesty *

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