PT-2014-8649 · Google · Android

Published 2014-12-15 · Updated 2014-12-16 · CVE-2014-8609

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.0.0

Description The issue concerns the addAccount method in the Settings application, which does not properly create a PendingIntent. This allows attackers to broadcast an intent with arbitrary component, action, or category information using a third-party authenticator in a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 5.0.0, update to version 5.0.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8609

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129281/Android-Settings-Pendingintent-Leak.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=158 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/81 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8609 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/f5d3e74ecc2b973941d8adbe40c6b23094b5abb7 · Vendor Advisory