CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-6271
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.
Affected configurations
• google android 4.0
• google android 4.0.1
• google android 4.0.2
• google android 4.0.3
• google android 4.0.4
• google android 4.1
• google android 4.1.2
• google android 4.2
• google android 4.2.1
• google android 4.2.2
• google android 4.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/ www.theregister.co.uk
- https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/ Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/204 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029410 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/ www.theregister.co.uk
- https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/ Exploit