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CVE-2016-0848

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Published: Apr 18, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (22)

Products: Google: Android
Google
1 product
Android
Configuration A
22 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Google
Android
Version 4.0.1
Android
Version 4.0.2
Android
Version 4.0.3
Android
Version 4.0.4
Android
Version 4.0
Android
Version 4.1.2
Android
Version 4.1
Android
Version 4.2.1
Android
Version 4.2.2
Android
Version 4.2
Android
Version 4.3.1
Android
Version 4.3
Android
Version 4.4.1
Android
Version 4.4.2
Android
Version 4.4.3
Android
Version 4.4
Android
Version 5.0.1
Android
Version 5.0
Android
Version 5.1.0
Android
Version 5.1
Android
Version 6.0.1
Android
Version 6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

Source: security@android.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: security@android.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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