Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2015-6643

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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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6643
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-6643

Install update from vendor's website.

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