Vulnerability CVE-2016-5341
Published: 2016-12-06

Description:
The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

Type:

CWE-284

 (Improper Access Control)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.1/10
6.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Google -> Android 

 References:
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/
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