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Google Android Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0812

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Google Android Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0812

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/18/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The interceptKeyBeforeDispatching function in policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java in Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.0 before 2016-02-01 does not properly check for setup completion, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25229538.

Solution(s)

  • google-android-upgrade-latest

References

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