CVE-2015-3860 - Improper Access Control

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

packages/Keyguard/res/layout/keyguard_password_view.xml in Lockscreen in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not restrict the number of characters in the passwordEntry input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a long password that triggers a SystemUI crash, aka internal bug 22214934.

packages/Keyguard/res/layout/keyguard_password_view.xml in Lockscreen in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not restrict the number of characters in the passwordEntry input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a long password that triggers a SystemUI crash, aka internal bug 22214934.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-01 00:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2015-10-01 18:08:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System

References

http://sites.utexas.edu/iso/2015/09/15/android-5-lockscreen-bypass/

Exploit

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8fba7e6931245a17215e0e740e78b45f6b66d590

Vendor Advisory

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=178139

Exploit

[android-security-updates] 20150909 Nexus Security Bulletin (September 2015)

Vendor Advisory

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