Google Android up to 4.4.3 Mediaserver information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android up to 4.4.3. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Mediaserver. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3753. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android up to 4.4.3 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Mediaserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 27210135.

The weakness was shared 07/06/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - July 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3753 since 03/30/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 264304 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-3753), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.4, 5.0 or 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (264304). The entries VDB-88897, VDB-88898, VDB-88899 and VDB-88900 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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