Name: CVE-2016-0831: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-0831, CWE-200, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00125

The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25778215.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Google Android	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Google Android	Apr 18, 2016	Mar 12, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade android	Nov 19, 2024	Mar 12, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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