An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework API could enable a local malicious application to access system functions beyond its access level. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of restrictions on a constrained process. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-30202228.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) | |
| Android | 4.0.1 (including) | 4.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 4.0.2 (including) | 4.0.2 (including) | |
| Android | 4.0.3 (including) | 4.0.3 (including) | |
| Android | 4.0.4 (including) | 4.0.4 (including) | |
| Android | 4.1 (including) | 4.1 (including) | |
| Android | 4.1.2 (including) | 4.1.2 (including) | |
| Android | 4.2 (including) | 4.2 (including) | |
| Android | 4.2.1 (including) | 4.2.1 (including) | |
| Android | 4.2.2 (including) | 4.2.2 (including) | |
| Android | 4.3 (including) | 4.3 (including) | |
| Android | 4.3.1 (including) | 4.3.1 (including) | |
| Android | 4.4 (including) | 4.4 (including) | |
| Android | 4.4.1 (including) | 4.4.1 (including) | |
| Android | 4.4.2 (including) | 4.4.2 (including) | |
| Android | 4.4.3 (including) | 4.4.3 (including) | |
| Android | 4.4.4 (including) | 4.4.4 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0.1 (including) | 5.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0.2 (including) | 5.0.2 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1 (including) | 5.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1.0 (including) | 5.1.0 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1.1 (including) | 5.1.1 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
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: