CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-8609

7.2 HIGH Published 2014-12-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The addAccount method in src/com/android/settings/accounts/AddAccountSettings.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.0.0 does not properly create a PendingIntent, which allows attackers to use the SYSTEM uid for broadcasting an intent with arbitrary component, action, or category information via a third-party authenticator in a crafted application, aka Bug 17356824.

Affected configurations

• google android (<= 4.4.4) • 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 • google android 4.3.1 • google android 4.4 • google android 4.4.1 • google android 4.4.2 • google android 4.4.3

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References