Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2015-6643
Published: January 6, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40544
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6643
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Setup Wizard in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows physically proximate attackers to modify settings or bypass a reset protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25290269.
Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6643
Install update from vendor's website.