CVE-2015-6612 Privilege escalation in n/a
A crafted application can exploit libmedia 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-2015-6612?
CVE-2015-6612 is a critical vulnerability in Google Android, published on 3 Nov 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
libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-6612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmx2-p36f-4cp6, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6612.