CVE-2016-3900
cmds/servicemanager/service_manager.c in ServiceManager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not properly restrict service registration, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
cmds/servicemanager/service_manager.c in ServiceManager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not properly restrict service registration, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29431260.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93291
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/047eec456943dc082e33220d28abb7df4e089f69Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/d3c6ce463ac91ecbeb2128beb475d31d3ca6ef42Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93291
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/047eec456943dc082e33220d28abb7df4e089f69Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/d3c6ce463ac91ecbeb2128beb475d31d3ca6ef42Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.