CVE-2015-3845 Privilege escalation in n/a
A flaw in Android's Binder allows a malicious app to gain another application's privileges by bypassing parcel boundary checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-3845?
CVE-2015-3845 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 Parcel::appendFrom function in libs/binder/Parcel.cpp in Binder in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not consider parcel boundaries during identification of binder objects in an append operation, which allows attackers to obtain a different application's privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 17312693.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3845?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3845?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-3845 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3845 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54x8-qj95-fq96, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3845.