CVE-2016-0848 | BDVDB-2026-75295 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/+/bdc831357e7a116bc561d51bf2ddc85ff11c01a9
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-04-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.