PT-2016-2456 · Google · Android

Alex Chapman + 1 · Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-07-12 · CVE-2016-3763

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 4.4.4 Android versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.2 Android versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.1 Android versions 6.x before 2016-07-01

Description The issue is related to the net/PacProxySelector.java script in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature, which lacks proper URL information restriction by scheme, host, and port. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain access to credentials by operating a server with a PAC script.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-07-01, update to a version released after 2016-07-01.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01846

CVE-2016-3763

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01846 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3763 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3763 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ec2fc50d202d975447211012997fe425496c849c · Note