The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25778215.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-0842 The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25778215.
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00166}

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{'score': 0.00125}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:05.135Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-0831

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-03-12T21:59:15.947

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-0831

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