CVE-2011-1149
First published: Thu Apr 21 2011(Updated: )
Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the application sandbox and gain privileges, as demonstrated by psneuter and KillingInTheNameOf, related to the use of Android shared memory (ashmem) and ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Android | =1.6 | |
| Google Android | =2.1 | |
| Google Android | =1.5 | |
| Google Android | =2.2.1 | |
| Google Android | =2.2-rev1 | |
| Google Android | <=2.2.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c98a285075f26e2b17a5baa2cb3eb6356a75597e
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25b15be9120bcdaa0aba622c67ad2c835d9e91ca
- http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/01/adb-trickery-again.html
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
- http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss/browse_thread/thread/15f97658c88d6827/e86db04652651971?show_docid=e86db04652651971
- https://github.com/tmzt/g2root-kmod/tree/scotty2/scotty2
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git;a=commit;h=c98a285075f26e2b17a5baa2cb3eb6356a75597e
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git;a=commit;h=25b15be9120bcdaa0aba622c67ad2c835d9e91ca
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/remedy
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/event
- agent/author
- collector/nvd-api
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/google
- canonical/google android
- version/google android/1.6
- version/google android/2.1
- version/google android/1.5
- version/google android/2.2.1
- version/google android/2.2-rev1
- version/google android/2.2.2