CVE-2016-2494
HIGHAndroid 4.x-5.1.x and 6.x before 2016-06-01 - Privilege Escalation via sdcard Off-by-One Error
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2494. PoCs published by Google Security Research.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stack-buffer-overflow in Android's /system/bin/sdcard due to an integer overflow in get_node_path_locked. The PoC triggers the vulnerability by creating a directory structure with a path length exceeding PATH_MAX, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Description
Off-by-one error in sdcard/sdcard.c 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 2016-06-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 28085658.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a stack-buffer-overflow in Android's /system/bin/sdcard due to an integer overflow in get_node_path_locked. The PoC triggers the vulnerability by creating a directory structure with a path length exceeding PATH_MAX, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H