What is CVE-2017-0601?

CVE-2017-0601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-0601?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2017-0601

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Bluetooth could potentially enable a local malicious application to accept harmful files shared via bluetooth without user permission. This issue is rated as Moderate due to local bypass of user interaction requirements. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-35258579.

Published 2017-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
Google Inc. Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98137 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0601?: CVE-2017-0601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-0601?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.