CVE-2013-6271
Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.03% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/
- https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/
- https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.