High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2014-7953
CVE-2014-7953
Description
Race condition in the bindBackupAgent method in the ActivityManagerService in Android 4.4.4 allows local users with adb shell access to execute arbitrary code or any valid package as system by running "pm install" with the target apk, and simultaneously running a crafted script to process logcat's output looking for a dexopt line, which once found should execute bindBackupAgent with the uid member of the ApplicationInfo parameter set to 1000.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
4- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/52nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74213nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535296/100/1100/threadednvd
- android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/a8f6d1b%5E%21/nvd
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