CVE-2011-1149
N/A
Published: April 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the application sandbox and gain privileges, as demonstrated by psneuter and KillingInTheNameOf, related to the use of Android shared memory (ashmem) and ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/01/adb-trickery-again.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tmzt/g2root-kmod/tree/scotty2/scotty2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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