UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2420

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2420

    Published: 18 Apr 2016Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2420

    Summary:

    Details: rootdir/init.rc in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 does not ensure that the /data/tombstones directory exists for the Debuggerd component, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26403620.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2420, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/81df1cc77722000f8d0025c1ab00ced123aa573c, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/669ecc2f5e80ff924fa20ce7445354a7c5bcfd98, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2420

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: android

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160330-0939-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    20150818-1500-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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