CVE-2016-0848
HIGHAndroid <4.4.4, <5.0.2, <5.1.1, <2016-04-01 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/+/bdc831357e7a116bc561d51bf2ddc85ff11c01a9
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.4
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (22)
google/android
4.0
google/android
4.0.1
google/android
4.0.2
google/android
4.0.3
google/android
4.0.4
google/android
4.1
google/android
4.1.2
google/android
4.2
google/android
4.2.1
google/android
4.2.2
... and 12 more
Published
Apr 18, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026