CVE-2014-8609
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8446)
- Published
- December 15, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8446 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129281/Android-Settings-Pendingintent-Leak.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/81(Exploit)
- http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=158(Exploit)
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/f5d3e74ecc2b973941d8adbe40c6b23094b5abb7(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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