Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2016-2415
Published: April 18, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40357
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2415
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 gain access to sensitive information.
exchange/eas/EasAutoDiscover.java in the Autodiscover implementation in Exchange ActiveSync in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that triggers a spoofed response to a GET request, aka internal bug 26488455.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2415
Install update from vendor's website.