PT-2016-5751 · Google · Android

Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3923

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 7.0 2016-10-01

Description The issue concerns the Accessibility services in Android, which mishandle motion events. This mishandling allows attackers to conduct touchjacking attacks, potentially gaining privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 7.0 2016-10-01, update to a version released after 2016-10-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3923

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/5f256310187b4ff2f13a7abb9afed9126facd7bc · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3923 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3923 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3923 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93310 · Note