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Full vulnerability report · 2021
CVE-2021-0704High confidence

n/a Android — Improper Preservation of Permissions

n/a · Android

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
SSA-770721 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 1 · interimSiemens ProductCERTSSA-770721: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC RF160B before V2.2
1 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • SIMATIC RF160B (6GT2003-0FA00)
Summary
In createNoCredentialsPermissionNotification and related functions of AccountManagerService.java, there is a possible way to retrieve accounts from the device without permissions due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-9Android ID: A-179338675
Remediation
Update to V2.2 or later version
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

Select the national-authority views to include. The exact source language is shown on each matched advisory. Your choice is remembered on this device and encoded in the shareable URL.

Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2021-3323

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In createNoCredentialsPermissionNotification and related functions of AccountManagerService.java, there is a possible way to retrieve accounts from the device without permissions due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-9Android ID: A-179338675

What

In createNoCredentialsPermissionNotification and related functions of AccountManagerService.java, there is a possible way to retrieve accounts from the device without permissions due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-9Android ID: A-179338675

Why

The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.

What

In createNoCredentialsPermissionNotification and related functions of AccountManagerService.java, there is a possible way to retrieve accounts from the device without permissions due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-9Android ID: A-179338675

Why

The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Improper Preservation of Permissions → obtain information outside the intended access boundary
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-281 ↗

CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
Stolen credentials, tokens and legitimate administration functions may provide continued access without deploying a large custom toolset.
CWE-281
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20211222Security Bulletin 22 Dec 2021

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 22 Dec 2021, published on 22 December 2021. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0203Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0682 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0683 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0683 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0684 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0684 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0687 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0687 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0688 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0688 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0689 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0689 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0690 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0690 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0692 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0692 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0695 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0695 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0704 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0706 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0706 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0708 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0708 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0870 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0870 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0919 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0919 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0920 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0920 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0926 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0926 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0928 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0928 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0929 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0929 Ré

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-920Multiples vulnérabilités dans Android

inte à la confidentialité des données. Solution Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Documentation Bulletin de sécurité Android 2012-12-01 du 06 décembre 2021 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-12-01 Bulletin de sécurité Pixel 2012-12-01 du 06 décembre 2021 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2021-12-01 Référence CVE CVE-2020-11263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11263 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25668 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0675 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0675 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0704 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0769 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0769 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0904 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0904 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0952 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0952 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0953 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0953 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0954 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0954 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0955 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0955 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0956 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0956 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0958 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0958 Ré

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2021-016381Android におけるパーミッションの不適切な保持に関する脆弱性

Android には、パーミッションの不適切な保持に関する脆弱性が存在します。 本脆弱性は、Android ID: A-179338675 として公開されています。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
SIMATIC RF160B (6GT2003-0FA00)
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
Update to V2.2 or later version
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 15 Dec 2021 · Last source change 3 Aug 2024, 15:47 UTC · CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-3323
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-3323↗Vendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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