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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-6685

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

The kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30402628.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published