PT-2016-1808 · Google · Android

Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-04-25 · CVE-2016-2416

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1 Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01

Description The issue allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and bypass an unspecified protection mechanism via a dump request. This can be demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access. The vulnerability is related to the lack of permission check for android.permission.DUMP in the libs/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.cpp component of the mediaserver in Android.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01, update to a version released after 2016-04-01.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01141

CVE-2016-2416

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2416 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2416 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01141 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2416 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2416 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2416 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/85d253fab5e2c01bd90990667c6de25c282fc5cd · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a40b30f5c43726120bfe69d41ff5aeb31fe1d02a · Note