{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2420","details":"rootdir/init.rc in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 does not ensure that the /data/tombstones directory exists for the Debuggerd component, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26403620.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:38Z","published":"2016-04-18T00:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-2420"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2420"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/81df1cc77722000f8d0025c1ab00ced123aa573c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/669ecc2f5e80ff924fa20ce7445354a7c5bcfd98"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2420"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"android","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160330-0939-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["20150818-1500-0ubuntu2","20150818-1500-0ubuntu3","20160307-0742-0ubuntu3","20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"android","binary_version":"20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"android-copyright","binary_version":"20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"android-emulator","binary_version":"20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"ubuntu-emulator-images","binary_version":"20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"ubuntu-emulator-runtime","binary_version":"20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2420.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}