PT-2017-1430 · Google · Android

Stéphane Marques · Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0489

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 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Location Manager component of the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to bypass the operating system's protections, potentially leading to the generation of inaccurate location data. This could be exploited by a local malicious application.

Recommendations For versions 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for Android ID: A-33091107 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00570

CVE-2017-0489

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0489 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0489 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00570 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96792 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note