PT-2016-3119 · Google · Android

Published 2016-11-25 · Updated 2019-03-07 · CVE-2016-6724

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

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 2016-11-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Input Manager Service of the Android operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a temporary denial of service, which requires a reset of user settings to fix. A local malicious application could cause the device to continually reboot.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later to resolve the issue. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later to resolve the issue. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-11-01, update to a version released after 2016-11-01 to resolve the issue. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01, update to a version released after 2016-11-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01281

CVE-2016-6724

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6724 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6724 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01281 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6724 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6724 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6724 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94182 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94180 · Note