Google Android up to 5.1.1 Mediaserver information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android up to 5.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Mediaserver. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-8074. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android up to 5.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown function of the component Mediaserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unknown vectors, aka internal bugs 23540907 and 23515142, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6611.

The weakness was presented 11/03/2015 as 23540907 / 23515142 as confirmed bug report (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at groups.google.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8074 since 11/02/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.1.1 LMY48X eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (107825) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54436†). See VDB-79021 and VDB-79022 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Android

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.3
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.2
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.4
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.1
• 5.1.1

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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