CVE-2016-6761
CVSS V2 High 9.3
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm media codecs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-29421682. References: QC-CR#1055792.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-6761
- Assigner
- security@android.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-01-12T15:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-01-19T16:17:45
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 9.3
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94677 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6761 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6761 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:50:11 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:47:48 | 2017-01-12T15:59Z | 2017-01-12T15:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:47:48 | 2017-01-19T16:17:45 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:47:48 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |