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High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-0848

CVE-2016-0848

Description

Race condition in Download Manager in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to bypass private-storage file-access restrictions via a crafted application that changes a symlink target, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26211054.

Affected products

22
  • Google/Android22 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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