An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Location Manager could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections for location data
Published Mar 8, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Location Manager could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections for location data. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to generate inaccurate data. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33091107.
Affected products
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- Version Android-4.4.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-5.0.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-5.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-6.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-6.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-7.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version Android-7.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Inc. | Android | n/a |
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- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.1
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 7.0
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 30.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 33.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 42.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 42.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 40.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 3.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96792 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html Vendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96792 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html | Vendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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