CVE-2016-0848: Race Condition
First published: Mon Apr 18 2016(Updated: )
Race condition in Download Manager in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to bypass private-storage file-access restrictions via a crafted application that changes a symlink target, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26211054.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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- version/google android/4.0
- version/google android/4.0.1
- version/google android/4.0.2
- version/google android/4.0.3
- version/google android/4.0.4
- version/google android/4.1
- version/google android/4.1.2
- version/google android/4.2
- version/google android/4.2.1
- version/google android/4.2.2
- version/google android/4.3
- version/google android/4.3.1
- version/google android/4.4
- version/google android/4.4.1
- version/google android/4.4.2
- version/google android/4.4.3
- version/google android/5.0
- version/google android/5.0.1
- version/google android/5.1
- version/google android/5.1.0
- version/google android/6.0
- version/google android/6.0.1