CVE-2009-1754

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The PackageManagerService class in services/java/com/android/server/PackageManagerService.java in Android 1.5 through 1.5 CRB42 does not properly check developer certificates during processing of sharedUserId requests at an application's installation time, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to access application data by creating a package that specifies a shared user ID with an arbitrary application.

Affected products

Android: 1.5

References

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d6d773fab559fdc12e553d60d789f3991ac552c
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-006.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/22/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35090
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d6d773fab559fdc12e553d60d789f3991ac552c
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-006.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/22/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35090

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