CVE-2015-6619 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Android kernel, affecting versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY48Z and 6.0 before the 2015-12-01 patch. An attacker could exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious application, potentially gaining full control over the device. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing remote attackers to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise with medium attack complexity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability received some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0, < 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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