CVE-2016-2420

N/A

Published: April 18, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

rootdir/init.rc in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 does not ensure that the /data/tombstones directory exists for the Debuggerd component, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26403620.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Android · Google

95%

4.0 4.0.1 4.0.2 4.0.3 4.0.4 4.1 4.1.2 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.3 4.3.1 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 5.0 5.0.1 5.1 5.1.0 6.0 6.0.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/669ecc2f5e80ff924fa20ce7445354a7c5bcfd98

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/81df1cc77722000f8d0025c1ab00ced123aa573c

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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