{"id":"CVE-2016-0848","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0848","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:19.973Z","title":"Race condition in Download Manager in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to bypass private-storage file-access restrictions via a crafted application that changes a symlink…","description":"Race condition in Download Manager in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to bypass private-storage file-access restrictions via a crafted application that changes a symlink target, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26211054.","published":"2016-04-18T00:59:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:38:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00159,"percentile":0.05065,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/+/bdc831357e7a116bc561d51bf2ddc85ff11c01a9","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/+/bdc831357e7a116bc561d51bf2ddc85ff11c01a9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0848","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}