Privilege Escalation via Debuggerd in Android

CVE-2016-3885 · HIGH Severity

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

debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp in Debuggerd in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles the interaction between PTRACE_ATTACH operations and thread exits, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29555636.

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