PT-2016-2457 · Google · Android

Di Shen + 1 · Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-07-12 · CVE-2016-3762

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 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-07-01

Description The issue is related to the sockets subsystem in Android, which has inadequate access control. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the AF MSM IPC socket class or another socket class that is unrecognized by SELinux.

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 2016-07-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-07-01.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01847

CVE-2016-3762

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01847 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3762 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39 · Note