Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3890
Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40109
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3890
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) implementation in adb/sockets.cpp in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-09-01 mishandles socket close operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28347842.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3890
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92851
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/014b01706cc64dc9c2ad94a96f62e07c058d0b5d
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/268068f25673242d1d5130d96202d3288c91b700