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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2015-6613

Medium
5.1/10

Summary

Bluetooth in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to send commands to a debugging port, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 24371736.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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  • Published