CVE-2015-1541

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The AppWidgetServiceImpl implementation in com/android/server/appwidget/AppWidgetServiceImpl.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to obtain a URI permission via an application that sends an Intent with a (1) FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or (2) FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION flag, as demonstrated by bypassing intended restrictions on reading contacts, aka internal bug 19618745.

Affected products

Android: through 5.1

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/0b98d304c467184602b4c6bce76fda0b0274bc07
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/0b98d304c467184602b4c6bce76fda0b0274bc07
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ

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