CVE-2016-3833

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

The Shell component in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not properly manage the MANAGE_USERS and CREATE_USERS permissions, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29189712.

The Shell component in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not properly manage the MANAGE_USERS and CREATE_USERS permissions, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29189712.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2016-08-05 20:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 20:12:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System 5.0

5.0

Google Android 5.0.1

5.0.1

Google Android 5.1

5.1

Google Android 5.1.0

5.1.0

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Vendor Advisory

92225

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/01875b0274e74f97edf6b0d5c92de822e0555d03

Issue Tracking, Patch

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4e4743a354e26467318b437892a9980eb9b8328a

Issue Tracking, Patch

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