CVE-2016-0831
The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25778215.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84266
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/79eecef63f3ea99688333c19e22813f54d4a31b1
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84266
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/79eecef63f3ea99688333c19e22813f54d4a31b1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.