CVE-2016-6743

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Google
Status
Android Kernel-3.10
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 November 2016

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30937462.

Affected Version(s)

Android Kernel-3.10 Android Kernel-3.10

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94131
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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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