Telephony in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of locked-screen 911 TTY functionality) via a crafted application that modifies the TTY mode by broadcasting an intent, aka internal bug 29832693.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0.1 (including) | 5.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1 (including) | 5.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1.0 (including) | 5.1.0 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) | |
| Android | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | vivid/stable-phone-overlay | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Android | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: