PT-2016-1506 · Google · Android

Published 2016-02-07 · Updated 2016-03-14 · CVE-2016-0810

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 4.4.4 Android versions 5.x prior to 5.1.1 LMY49G Android versions 6.x before 2016-02-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the media/libmedia/SoundPool.cpp component of the mediaserver in the Android operating system. This can be exploited by a local attacker using a specially crafted application to gain elevated privileges. The exploitation can result in obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.x prior to 5.1.1 LMY49G, update to version 5.1.1 LMY49G or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-02-01, ensure that the device is updated with the security patch level of 2016-02-01 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00807

CVE-2016-0810

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0810 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00807 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0810 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fav/+/19c47afbc402542720ddd280e1bbde3b2277b586 · Note