SecurityException indicates a security violation and is thrown when a security error is detected.
Questions tagged [securityexception]
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Security Exception with Thread.Abort
When I call Thread.Abort I receive the following exception:
Request for the permission of type
'System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
failed.
Why is this…

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MediaController causes java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial
I received the following error report from a couple of different users running Android 2.2. I cannot reproduce it locally.
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: writing com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider uri…

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WorkManager throws SecurityException on some Samsung devices
Description
The WorkManager lib schedules and alarm to track if it was force stopped. This happens in the ForceStopRunnable class (see also:…

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SecurityException on Android Q for acessing ExternalStorage with ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE
I'm trying to fetch all images from a specific folder for displaying in a recycler view, but no matter what, i get a SecurityException.
I'm currently doing it the following way:
Code for selecting folder
Intent i = new…

Lucas Meneghin
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Permission Denial: opening provider that is not exported from UID 1000
I have built a signed application (system application) with a shared user id android.uid.system. It contains a FileProvider, which I need for a package install intent.
When I try to install the application with the package install intent the…

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SecurityException in Ninject.Web.MVC3 under medium trust even when UseReflectionBasedInjection = true
Possible Duplicate:
Ninject model validator causing issues in medium trust
I've modified CreateKernel as per other info sources :
private static IKernel CreateKernel()
{
var kernel = new StandardKernel(new NinjectSettings {…

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Android Unit Test with context failed on Travis CI with "java.lang.SecurityException" but Succeed locally since update Gradle 5.6
All my tests used to run fine in Travis CI.
Since I have upgraded my project to gradle 5.6 some of my unit test failed on Travis CI but succeed locally.
They failed with the following message:
java.lang.SecurityException
The test that failed…

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Granting a non changeable permission to a third party app with root access
On my rooted android device, how can I grant "Signature level" (INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW) permission to a third party app.
What I have tried already is
rooted my device using magisk
in adb shell, used pm grant com.example.app…

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Android PIE SecurityException
When i changed target version to 28 i started to get SecurityException crashes when i'm trying to display notification by NotificationManager.notify() from FirebaseService.
I read behavior changes for Android 9, but adding of FOREGROUND_SERVICE…

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Calling WifiManager.startLocalOnlyHotspot() throws SecurityException even after granting all required permissions on some devices
I am working on a file sharing app. I need to turn on local only hotspot of a device programmatically by calling WifiManager.startLocalOnlyHotspot().
According to the android docs on this page -…

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How to fix exception "Request for the permission of type System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission ... failed"
I am having an issue with a .NET application that dynamically loads dlls (plugins) at runtime. When the application is located on a network drive and is executed from a Windows 10 computer then it would throw the following…

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How to overcome file browsing exception in J2ME?
I have mobile application in which I have added mobile file browsing. But when ever I try to open some directory or some file, it raises exception that application is trying to access mobile data.
So how do I overcome this error? If somebody could…

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Security Exception requesting PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK
I wrote a library which starts a STICKY Service when the main application calls a specific method.
This Service acquires a PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK during the execution of the onStartCommand() method:
PowerManager powerManager =…

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Cannot create instance of org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.digest.GOST3411$Mappings : java.lang.SecurityException
I'm writing a program, which has a static block like this:
static
{
Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
}
And here I get an exception:
Exception in thread "Launcher: JavaAgent" java.lang.InternalError: cannot create instance of…

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java.lang.SecurityException from NotificationManager?
We use push notifications in our game to notify users about certain in-game things when the game receives a pause/suspend call from the engine.
I've been looking at crash logs from the Google Developer Console and a large porition of them is caused…

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