CVE-2014-8609 Information

Description

The addAccount method in src/com/android/settings/accounts/AddAccountSettings.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.0.0 does not properly create a PendingIntent which allows attackers to use the SYSTEM uid for broadcasting an intent with arbitrary component action or category information via a third-party authenticator in a crafted application aka Bug 17356824.

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129281/Android-Settings-Pendingintent-Leak.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/81 http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=158 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/f5d3e74ecc2b973941d8adbe40c6b23094b5abb7