CVE-2015-6596 Privilege escalation in n/a
A crafted application can exploit mediaserver in Android to gain elevated privileges, requiring user installation of the malicious app.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6596?
CVE-2015-6596 is a critical vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bugs 20731946 and 20719651, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7717.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6596?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6596?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-6596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3ffr-mm6r-mmcr.