Privilege Escalation via Debuggerd Component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4

CVE-2016-2420 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

rootdir/init.rc in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 does not ensure that the /data/tombstones directory exists for the Debuggerd component, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26403620.

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