CVE-2021-0356 Command injection in Android

What is CVE-2021-0356?

CVE-2021-0356 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 2 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In netdiag, there is a possible command injection due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-10, Android-11; Patch ID: ALPS05442014.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0356?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-0356?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0356 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-0356 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0356 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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