Privilege Escalation via JDWP Socket Close Operations in Android

CVE-2016-3890 · HIGH Severity

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

The Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) implementation in adb/sockets.cpp 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 2016-09-01 mishandles socket close operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28347842.

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