CVE-2017-0489

MEDIUM

Android <7.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Location Manager could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections for location data. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to generate inaccurate data. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33091107.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968

[Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

[Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96792

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 28.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (35)

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

... and 20 more

Timeline

Published Mar 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026