CVE detail
CVE-2014-8609 — CVE-2014-8609
Published 2014-12-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor google · Product android · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0064
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
47.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
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.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References