CVE-2014-8609

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Android: through 4.4.4; 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+10)

References

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
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

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