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Android < 2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5737
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Google Android operating system prior to 2.3 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Zygote/Dalvik virtual machine framework.
- A denial-of-service issue exists that can cause 'dexdump' to crash (CVE-2011-1001).
Solution
Upgrade to Google Android operating system version 2.3 or later.See Also
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2010/12/zygote-trickery-743c-27c3-release.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 5737
Family: Mobile Devices
Published: 1/3/2011
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:google:android_sdk
Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1001