PT-2017-1232 · Google · Android

Michał Bednarski · Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-6774

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 7.0

Description The issue is related to an information disclosure vulnerability in the package manager of the Android operating system, which is due to a lack of protection for internal data. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to allow a local malicious application to bypass the operating system's protections, which isolate application data from other applications. The issue is considered moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android version 7.0, 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:2017-00345

CVE-2016-6774

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00345 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6774 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6774 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94705 · Note