Race condition vulnerability in Android Download Manager allows bypassing of private-storage file-access restrictions

Race condition vulnerability in Android Download Manager allows bypassing of private-storage file-access restrictions

CVE-2016-0848 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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