CVE-2015-1541 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1541?

CVE-2015-1541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The AppWidgetServiceImpl implementation in com/android/server/appwidget/AppWidgetServiceImpl.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to obtain a URI permission via an application that sends an Intent with a (1) FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or (2) FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION flag, as demonstrated by bypassing intended restrictions on reading contacts, aka internal bug 19618745.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1541?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1541?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1541 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-1541 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1541 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hqp2-fj68-65cq.