CVE-2017-0426 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2017-0426?

CVE-2017-0426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Feb 2017. 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

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Filesystem could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without permission. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32799236.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0426?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0426?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0426 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0426 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0426 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j3h4-p7mv-fw7q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0426.