National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0606

Overview

The link_image function in linker/linker.c in the dynamic linker in Bionic in Open Handset Alliance Android 1.0 on the T-Mobile G1 phone does not properly handle file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 for a setgid program, which allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by certain groups, possibly a related issue to CVE-2002-0820.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: android-dynamic-linker-privilege-escalation(48840)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48840

External Source: BID

Name: 33695

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33695

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090208 rooting your own phone: android security

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500753/100/0/threaded