CVE-2016-6785

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek driver 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. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31748056. References: MT-ALPS02961400.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6785
  • Assigner
  • security@android.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-12T15:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-01-18T19:28:21
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • 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/94683 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6785
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6785
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:48:53 2017-01-12T15:59Z 2017-01-12T15:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:48:53 2017-01-18T19:28:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:48:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated