Improper Service Registration Vulnerability in Android ServiceManager

CVE-2016-3900 · HIGH Severity

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

cmds/servicemanager/service_manager.c in ServiceManager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not properly restrict service registration, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29431260.

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