Google Android Operating System < 4.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8328

Synopsis

The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Google Android Operating System prior to 4.4.4 is affected by the following vulnerabilities:

- There is a DoS vulnerability within the NFC service's bluetooth simple pairing message implementation. A physically present attacker can leverage this to crash the NFC service.
- Flaws within the com.android.phone.Phone and com.android.contacts components can be leveraged to initiate phone calls to arbitrary numbers. (CVE-2013-6272)

Solution

Upgrade to Google Android Operating System version 4.4.4 or later.

See Also

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jul/35

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127405/Android-NFC-Denial-Of-Service.html

http://thehackernews.com/2014/07/android-vulnerability-allows.html

https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/35.html

http://www.itworld.com/security/426032/android-bug-lets-apps-make-rogue-phone-calls

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127359/Android-OS-Authorization-Missing.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8328

Published: 7/16/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:google:android

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6272

BID: 68470, 68415