CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3833
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The Shell component in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not properly manage the MANAGE_USERS and CREATE_USERS permissions, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29189712.
Affected configurations
• google android 5.0
• google android 5.0.1
• google android 5.1
• google android 5.1.0
• google android 6.0
• google android 6.0.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92225 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/01875b0274e74f97edf6b0d5c92de822e0555d03 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4e4743a354e26467318b437892a9980eb9b8328a Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92225 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/01875b0274e74f97edf6b0d5c92de822e0555d03 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4e4743a354e26467318b437892a9980eb9b8328a Issue Tracking, Patch