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CVE-2011-1149
Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the…
High7.2EPSS 0.32%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25b15be9120bcdaa0aba622c67ad2c835d9e91ca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss/browse_thread/thread/15f97658c88d6827/e86db04652651971?show_docid=e86db04652651971 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c98a285075f26e2b17a5baa2cb3eb6356a75597e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/01/adb-trickery-again.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/tmzt/g2root-kmod/tree/scotty2/scotty2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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