CVE-2013-6271

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 14, 2013
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Oct 24, 2013

Description

Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

1029410vdb-entry
https://cureblog.de/2013/11/cve-2013-6271-remove-device-locks-from-android-phone/
20131127 CVE-2013-6271 Remove Android Device Lock by rouge appmailing-list
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/10/android_has_lockbypass_bug/

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