CVE-2013-6271 (GCVE-0-2013-6271)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-12-14 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 17:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/
cve@mitre.orghttps://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/Exploit
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