FKIE_CVE-2016-0848
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-18 00:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:38
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| android | 4.0 | ||
| android | 4.0.1 | ||
| android | 4.0.2 | ||
| android | 4.0.3 | ||
| android | 4.0.4 | ||
| android | 4.1 | ||
| android | 4.1.2 | ||
| android | 4.2 | ||
| android | 4.2.1 | ||
| android | 4.2.2 | ||
| android | 4.3 | ||
| android | 4.3.1 | ||
| android | 4.4 | ||
| android | 4.4.1 | ||
| android | 4.4.2 | ||
| android | 4.4.3 | ||
| android | 5.0 | ||
| android | 5.0.1 | ||
| android | 5.1 | ||
| android | 5.1.0 | ||
| android | 6.0 | ||
| android | 6.0.1 |
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