PT-2016-1723 · Google · Android

Jianqiang Zhao + 3 · Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-04-21 · CVE-2016-2409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-04-01

Description The issue is related to a Texas Instruments haptic kernel driver in Android, which has inadequate access control. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-04-01, update the system to a version released after 2016-04-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01049

CVE-2016-2409

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01049 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2409 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2409 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2409 · Vendor Advisory