CVE-2016-0848 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0848?

CVE-2016-0848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in Download Manager in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to bypass private-storage file-access restrictions via a crafted application that changes a symlink target, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26211054.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0848?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-0848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0848 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-r6m5-h8c2-mqqc.