CVE-2016-5341 - Improper Access Control

Severity

71%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

115%

The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-12-06 11:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-06 02:29:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

94689

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01

https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/

Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

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