PT-2017-1204 · Google · Android

Gengjia Chen · Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-8401

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-3.10, Kernel-3.18

Description An information disclosure issue in kernel components, including the ION subsystem, Binder, USB driver, and networking subsystem, could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to sensitive data until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the affected kernel components until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00315

CVE-2016-8401

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00315 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8401 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94686 · Note