Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted Camera Service Dump in Android

CVE-2016-0826 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

libcameraservice in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not require use of the ICameraService::dump method for a camera service dump, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that directly dumps, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26265403.

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