PT-2017-1023 · Google · Android

Yi Zhang · Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-8475

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.18

Description The issue is related to an information disclosure vulnerability in the HTC input driver, which could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This could potentially lead to unauthorized data access. The vulnerability is rated as moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to sensitive data until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, review and limit applications with privileged process access to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00058

CVE-2016-8475

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00058 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8475 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8475 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95244 · Note