CVE-2015-8889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The aboot implementation in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 6P devices omits the recovery PIN feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, aka Android internal bug 28822677 and Qualcomm internal bug CR804067.

Published: 2016-07-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8745	The aboot implementation in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 6P devices omits the recovery PIN feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, aka Android internal bug 28822677 and Qualcomm internal bug CR804067.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fa774e023554427ee14d7a49181e9d4afbec035e

History

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Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-07-11T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.080Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8889

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-11T01:59:27.227

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8889

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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