Privilege Escalation via Object Reference Mishandling in Android Binder

CVE-2016-2440 · HIGH Severity

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

libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp in Binder 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 2016-05-01 mishandles object references, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27252896.

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