CVE-2013-6271

Android vulnerability

CVSS

8.8

EPSS

8.0%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.

Affected vendor

Google

Affected product

Android

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2013-12-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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