PT-2016-2259 · Google · Android

Lee Campbell · Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2016-06-15 · CVE-2016-2500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-06-01

Description The issue is related to the Activity Manager component in the Android operating system, which does not properly terminate process groups. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain confidential information using a specially designed application.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-06-01, ensure that all security patches released up to 2016-06-01 are applied.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01623

CVE-2016-2500

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2500 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2500 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01623 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/9878bb99b77c3681f0fda116e2964bac26f349c3 · Note