Bypassing System-Call Restrictions via Crafted Application in Android 6.x

Bypassing System-Call Restrictions via Crafted Application in Android 6.x

CVE-2016-3748 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The sockets subsystem in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to bypass intended system-call restrictions via a crafted application that makes an ioctl call, aka internal bug 28171804.

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