CVE-2011-1149

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
21/04/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the application sandbox and gain privileges, as demonstrated by psneuter and KillingInTheNameOf, related to the use of Android shared memory (ashmem) and ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.2.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.2:rev1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*